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December - 1 
A top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was arrested from Bara Bishunpur village in East Champaran District on December 1, reports IBN Live. Acting on a tip off, the Police arrested Vijay Prasad, while he was going somewhere on a bik
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A top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was arrested from Bara Bishunpur village in East Champaran District on December 1, reports IBN Live. Acting on a tip off, the Police arrested Vijay Prasad, while he was going somewhere on a bike, Superintendent of Police Ganesh Kumar said. Prasad, a native of Paigambarpur village under Shivaipatti Police Station area in Muzaffarpur District, was wanted in several cases of murder, arson at mobile towers and other Maoist activities.
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December - 1 
Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed Partho Mishra (30), a driver, at Kenbanki village in the Karkel area of Khunti District on December 1, reports The Telegraph. Khunti Superintendent of Police M. Tamilvanan said preliminary in
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Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed Partho Mishra (30), a driver, at Kenbanki village in the Karkel area of Khunti District on December 1, reports The Telegraph. Khunti Superintendent of Police M. Tamilvanan said preliminary investigations suggested the killing was a result of rivalry between Left Wing Extremist (LWE) organisations. “To Maoists, the driver of the passenger vehicle was a supporter of People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a breakaway faction of CPI-Maoist. Therefore, they hijacked the vehicle and killed him,” Tamilvanan said.
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December - 1 
Five cadres, including two ‘area commanders’ of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a break away faction of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), were arrested from a couple of places of Gumla District on December 1, reports Th
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Five cadres, including two ‘area commanders’ of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a break away faction of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), were arrested from a couple of places of Gumla District on December 1, reports The Times of India. The arrested cadres were identified as PLFI ‘area commanders’ Ashish Gope alias Keshwar and Amit Oraon, besides Nandu Mahto, Animesh Ekka and Ajay Toppo alias Sunil who hails from Bartoli, Gumla Superintendent of Police Jatin Narwal said. The Police recovered one rifle, two country-made pistols, 12 cartridges, 11 PLFI letter pads and five mobile sets from them. The SP said the arrested PLFI cadres were the members of the squad led by ‘sub-zonal commander’ Mangal Nagesia.
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December - 1 
Police constable, Manoj Atmaram Binzade (28), was killed while another trooper was injured in the exchange of fire with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres near Dhamditola forests under Chichgad Police Station in Gondia District o
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Police constable, Manoj Atmaram Binzade (28), was killed while another trooper was injured in the exchange of fire with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres near Dhamditola forests under Chichgad Police Station in Gondia District on December 1, reports Hindustan Times. According to the District Police, the Kanu Tola Police outpost under the Chichgad Police Station, received information about Maoists putting up banners and posters at Dhamditola, appealing people to observe ‘protest week’ that began on November 29. A group of five Police personnel went to the village to remove posters and banners put up by the Maoists. They were attacked by armed Maoists when they were returning to the Police outpost after removing the posters.
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December - 1 
There was no response to the two-day bandh (general shutdown) call given by Maoists in Telangana region on December 1 in protest against the alleged encounter of top Maoist leader , Mallojula Koteshwara Rao alias Kishenji in West Bengal recently, re
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There was no response to the two-day bandh (general shutdown) call given by Maoists in Telangana region on December 1 in protest against the alleged encounter of top Maoist leader , Mallojula Koteshwara Rao alias Kishenji in West Bengal recently, reports The Hindu. All shops, business establishments, educational institutions, offices, petrol filling stations, cinema halls and others functioned normally in the entire District. There was no bandh in Kishenji’s native, Peddapalli town and also other revenue division headquarters such as Jagtial, Sircilla, Huzurabad and other mandal (administrative unit) headquarters.
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December - 1 
Times Now reports that China is giving arms and ammunition to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in return for Ivory smuggled from the forests of Chhattisgarh. Officials claim that elephants are being hunted down for ivory by Maoists. T
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Times Now reports that China is giving arms and ammunition to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in return for Ivory smuggled from the forests of Chhattisgarh. Officials claim that elephants are being hunted down for ivory by Maoists. The ivory is smuggled to China from the borders of Nepal and Bangladesh in exchange of arms and ammunition.
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Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on December 1 stressed the need for “intelligence-based” operations in Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-affected States, reports The Indian Express. Chidambaram also announced over 800 new posts for the c
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Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on December 1 stressed the need for “intelligence-based” operations in Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-affected States, reports The Indian Express. Chidambaram also announced over 800 new posts for the crucial snoop unit of Border Security Force (BSF) while at the same time asking it to deploy its “skills and tactics” for anti-Maoist offensives which it has developed over the years in anti-insurgency operations.
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December - 2 
During an interview given to a news channel on December 2, the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) as a group was more "anti-poor than the worst capitalists", reports The Times of India. On Mao
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During an interview given to a news channel on December 2, the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) as a group was more "anti-poor than the worst capitalists", reports The Times of India. On Maoist violence, the Minister said more people were killed by the Maoists than in attacks by terrorists. He said 30 people, including three Security Force personnel and 27 civilians, were killed in attacks by Maoists in November. He said Maoists killed civilians by "unfairly and unjustly" labelling them as police informers. "Who gave Communist Party of India-Maoists the right to kill? So I think people must understand that CPI-Maoist is driven by an ideology that believes in an overthrow of the democratic parliament system," Chidambaram said.
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December - 2 
Eluru Range Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), G Surya Prakasa Rao has said that the Police department had received information about Maoists taking shelter in Rampachodavaram in East Godavari, and Polavaram, Jeelugumilli, Tanuku and Eluru in
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Eluru Range Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), G Surya Prakasa Rao has said that the Police department had received information about Maoists taking shelter in Rampachodavaram in East Godavari, and Polavaram, Jeelugumilli, Tanuku and Eluru in West Godavari District. One special Police party in Polavaram and three companies of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and six companies of the Andhra Pradesh Police are participating in the operations, he said.
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December - 2 
IBN Live reports that the authorities recovered mobile phones and sim cards among other articles from the central prison in East Champaran District on December 2, a Police official said. A team comprising civil and Police officials searched the jail
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IBN Live reports that the authorities recovered mobile phones and sim cards among other articles from the central prison in East Champaran District on December 2, a Police official said. A team comprising civil and Police officials searched the jail premises and seized 23 mobile phones, 17 sim cards, 7 chargers, 8 batteries, an earphone and a hand-written note by the incarcerated Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) Tirhut zonal committee leader Suresh Baitha demanding levy of INR 500, 000 from a businessman, the Superintendent of Police (SP) Ganesh Kumar said.
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December - 2 
Maoists set ablaze two cell phone towers in Mathapada and Kaliatala in Boipariguda block in the District in the wee hours of December 2, to mark the beginning of People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Week, reports IBN Live. Vehicular traffic was
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Maoists set ablaze two cell phone towers in Mathapada and Kaliatala in Boipariguda block in the District in the wee hours of December 2, to mark the beginning of People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Week, reports IBN Live. Vehicular traffic was disrupted for the second day on December 3.
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December - 2 
Shops and commercial establishments remained closed in Lamtaput, Macchkund and Ankadeli area of Koraput District and Balimela, Chitrakonda, Padia and Motu areas in Malkangiri District. The Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) authorities c
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Shops and commercial establishments remained closed in Lamtaput, Macchkund and Ankadeli area of Koraput District and Balimela, Chitrakonda, Padia and Motu areas in Malkangiri District. The Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) authorities cancelled about 20 buses plying from their Jeypore depot to Malkangiri, Rayagada, Phulbani and Gajapati Districts in view of the PLGA Week.
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December - 2 
The cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) triggered a blast and partly destroyed the gram panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) at Mispri in Gondia District in the night of December 2, reports The Times of I
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The cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) triggered a blast and partly destroyed the gram panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) at Mispri in Gondia District in the night of December 2, reports The Times of India. This was the first Maoist incident at Mispri, located at tri-junction of Gadchiroli-Gondia and Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh.
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December - 2 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze two cell phone towers – a BSNL tower at Mathapada and an AirTel tower at Kalia Attalla village - in Baipariguda block of in Koraput District and pasted posters and banners on school w
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze two cell phone towers – a BSNL tower at Mathapada and an AirTel tower at Kalia Attalla village - in Baipariguda block of in Koraput District and pasted posters and banners on school walls and trees on roadsides in the early hours of December 2, reports The Pioneer. The Maoists are targeting recruitment of a minimum of 2,000 youth and adolescents to the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) during the PLGA Week which began on December 2.
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December - 2 
The Maoists pasted hundreds of posters in all the remote corners of undivided Koraput District (presently Malkangiri, Koraput and Nabarangpur Districts) including Baipariguda, Lamtaput, Kundra and Mathili blocks as also Govindpalli. They also affixed
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The Maoists pasted hundreds of posters in all the remote corners of undivided Koraput District (presently Malkangiri, Koraput and Nabarangpur Districts) including Baipariguda, Lamtaput, Kundra and Mathili blocks as also Govindpalli. They also affixed banners on the main roads, calling upon the public to observe the week and asking the youth to join the PLGA.
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December - 2 
Visiting Chotanagra panchayat (village local self-government institution) in West Singhbhum District on December 2, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh admitted lapses of the past but made it clear that the implementation of the developmen
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Visiting Chotanagra panchayat (village local self-government institution) in West Singhbhum District on December 2, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh admitted lapses of the past but made it clear that the implementation of the development plan in Saranda forest area would be keenly monitored by the Centre so that it could be a model for other forest regions that had turned CPI-Maoist hubs in Jharkhand and States like Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh, reports The Telegraph. “I will make it a point to visit Jharkhand frequently .....This is a crucial project and the blueprint will be replicated in other States,” the Minister said. He added that the Centre’s Saranda action plan would be implemented in all 56 villages in six gram panchayats within the forest area, accounting for over 36,000 people.
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December - 3 
A 50 kilogram bomb planted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was recovered by a patrolling team of the Chhattisgarh Police on a road in a forest pocket of Bijapur District on December 3, reports The Week.
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A 50 kilogram bomb planted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was recovered by a patrolling team of the Chhattisgarh Police on a road in a forest pocket of Bijapur District on December 3, reports The Week.
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December - 3 
During joint combing operation by the Police and the Special Operation Group (SOG) in Almonda village under Bandhugaon block, the Police arrested 31 suspected Maoists supporters from Bargi and Langalabeda areas in the District. Police also found Maoi
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During joint combing operation by the Police and the Special Operation Group (SOG) in Almonda village under Bandhugaon block, the Police arrested 31 suspected Maoists supporters from Bargi and Langalabeda areas in the District. Police also found Maoist posters and banners from their possession. They were later taken to neighbouring Parvathipuram Police Station in Andhra Pradesh for interrogation.
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December - 3 
Heavily armed Maoists attacked a camp of the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) in Dumaria Police Station in Gaya District, reports The Hindustan Times. There was no report of injuries or casualties from either side, Magadh range Deputy I
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Heavily armed Maoists attacked a camp of the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) in Dumaria Police Station in Gaya District, reports The Hindustan Times. There was no report of injuries or casualties from either side, Magadh range Deputy Inspector General, N Hasnain Khan said.
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December - 3 
Maoists demolished a mobile tower of a private operator and abducted its two security guards at Chain in Jamui District on December 3, reports Zee News. About 30-40 armed Maoists raided the village and used explosives to destroy the tower before abdu
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Maoists demolished a mobile tower of a private operator and abducted its two security guards at Chain in Jamui District on December 3, reports Zee News. About 30-40 armed Maoists raided the village and used explosives to destroy the tower before abducting the guards identified as Mahendra Singh and Babulal Singh.
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December - 3 
Maoists felled trees on the Venkatapuram-Charla State highway in Venkatapuram mandal (administrative unit) in Khammam District around midnight on December 3 to enforce the two-day nationwide bandh called by the CPI -Maoist Central Committee.
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Maoists felled trees on the Venkatapuram-Charla State highway in Venkatapuram mandal (administrative unit) in Khammam District around midnight on December 3 to enforce the two-day nationwide bandh called by the CPI -Maoist Central Committee.
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December - 3 
Maoists set ablaze an under-construction office of the revenue department at Sironcha and another gram panchayat at Kasansur in Gadchiroli District. The crucial Dhanora-Rajnandgaon road, connecting Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, has been blocked by th
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Maoists set ablaze an under-construction office of the revenue department at Sironcha and another gram panchayat at Kasansur in Gadchiroli District. The crucial Dhanora-Rajnandgaon road, connecting Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, has been blocked by the Maoists. There are also unconfirmed reports of vehicles being set ablaze near Armori block (administrative division) in the District.
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December - 3 
Maoists set ablaze another gram panchayat at Piparkhari in Deori tehsil (revenue unit) in the District on December 3. Gondia Superintendent of Police (SP), Chandrakishor Mina said, Maoists are trying to foment trouble but are not getting mass support
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Maoists set ablaze another gram panchayat at Piparkhari in Deori tehsil (revenue unit) in the District on December 3. Gondia Superintendent of Police (SP), Chandrakishor Mina said, Maoists are trying to foment trouble but are not getting mass support. "We are collecting posters left behind by Naxals' North Gadchiroli-Gondia Division Committee from two villages. As of now, this group is to be blamed for arson," the SP said.
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December - 3 
Ten persons, including eight Policemen, were killed and two Policemen were injured when Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres attacked the convoy of MP and former Jharkhand Speaker Inder Singh Namdhari, in Latehar District in Jharkhand
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Ten persons, including eight Policemen, were killed and two Policemen were injured when Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres attacked the convoy of MP and former Jharkhand Speaker Inder Singh Namdhari, in Latehar District in Jharkhand on December 3, The Times of India reported. Namdhari, however, escaped unhurt. The attack took place when the MP was returning from a function. Namdhari’s escort vehicle was caught in the blast but his car was able to speed away. "Maoists triggered an IED blast and then opened fire on the security vehicle which was following Namdhari's car at Ladu More in the district," Director General of Police G S Rath said. Six policemen, including assistant sub-inspector Bhim Tudu, and two civilians were killed on the spot, Latehar Superintendent of Police (SP) B D Sharma added. Palamau SP Sudhir Kumar Jha said two among the four injured policemen, who were admitted to a hospital in Medininagar, later succumbed to their injuries.
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December - 3 
The cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed a contractor, identified as Rabindra Bidika alias Ruben (40), near Bikrampur under Narayanpatna Block (administrative division) of Koraput District on December 3, reports Orissadia
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The cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed a contractor, identified as Rabindra Bidika alias Ruben (40), near Bikrampur under Narayanpatna Block (administrative division) of Koraput District on December 3, reports Orissadiary.com. Maoists suspected him to be a Police informer. Bidika was on his way to Narayanpatna on a Motorcycle along with two others, when a group of Maoists opened fire on them. Bidika died on spot while the other two were injured. The Maoists also set ablaze his motorcycle.
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December - 3 
The Police arrested two Maoists, Preman Kahar alias Preman Ram and Bharosa Mistri alias Doman Mistri, from their hideouts located at Hawsapur and Karium Bela villages respectively in Patna District, reports The Times of India. Confirming their arrest
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The Police arrested two Maoists, Preman Kahar alias Preman Ram and Bharosa Mistri alias Doman Mistri, from their hideouts located at Hawsapur and Karium Bela villages respectively in Patna District, reports The Times of India. Confirming their arrest, Superintendent of Police (rural), Patna, Manoj Kumar said they were arrested during surprise raids carried out at their hideouts in the said villages. They were wanted in connection with several criminal activities committed in Patna, Arwal and Jehanabad Districts, he said, adding that the Police were on the lookout for them for the past two years. Incidentally, Kahar and Mistri were involved in the Jehanabad jailbreak incident that occurred in November 2005.
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December - 4 
A joint team of Police and paramilitary forces stumbled upon a 7.5kilogram IED that had been planted under a bridge near Kewat Tola on the Panem Link Road during a search operation in Amrapara Police Station area in Pakur District, reports The Telegr
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A joint team of Police and paramilitary forces stumbled upon a 7.5kilogram IED that had been planted under a bridge near Kewat Tola on the Panem Link Road during a search operation in Amrapara Police Station area in Pakur District, reports The Telegraph.
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December - 4 
As the two-day Bharat bandh called by the Maoists began on December 4, the Maoists set ablaze a cell phone tower in Aurangabad District in the early hours. A large number of Maoists stormed Suhi village under the Kutumba Police Station and set ablaze
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As the two-day Bharat bandh called by the Maoists began on December 4, the Maoists set ablaze a cell phone tower in Aurangabad District in the early hours. A large number of Maoists stormed Suhi village under the Kutumba Police Station and set ablaze the cell phone tower of private operator Airtel, the Police said.
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December - 4 
Maoists attacked Saradih Police picket in Nawadih Police Station in Palamu District, triggering a gun battle that lasted for about 30 minutes before the attackers retreated under heavy retaliation by the Security Forces, reports Outlook India. Howeve
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Maoists attacked Saradih Police picket in Nawadih Police Station in Palamu District, triggering a gun battle that lasted for about 30 minutes before the attackers retreated under heavy retaliation by the Security Forces, reports Outlook India. However, there was no loss of life on any side in the attack.
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December - 4 
Maoists began their two-day (December 4 and 5) Bharat bandh (all India shut down strike) by blowing up railway tracks in two Districts. In the first incident, a group of Maoists used an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) to blow up a stretch of tracks
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Maoists began their two-day (December 4 and 5) Bharat bandh (all India shut down strike) by blowing up railway tracks in two Districts. In the first incident, a group of Maoists used an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) to blow up a stretch of tracks between Gomia and Dumri railway stations of the East Central Railway in Bokaro District. In the second incident, another group of Maoists blasted tracks between Hehegara and Chhipadohar railway stations in Latehar District.
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December - 4 
Maoists claimed the responsibility of ambushing the convoy of independent MP Inder Singh Namdhari. Spokesperson for the Koyal-Shankh Zonal Committee of the CPI-Maoist Sudhir told The Times of India from an undisclosed location that the attack was int
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Maoists claimed the responsibility of ambushing the convoy of independent MP Inder Singh Namdhari. Spokesperson for the Koyal-Shankh Zonal Committee of the CPI-Maoist Sudhir told The Times of India from an undisclosed location that the attack was intentional but they had no plans to target Namdhari.
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December - 4 
Normal life was hit as vehicles went off the roads and people remained indoors in fear as the Maoist-called two-day shutdown began on December 4 to protest the killing of their top leader Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji, reports Zee News.
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Normal life was hit as vehicles went off the roads and people remained indoors in fear as the Maoist-called two-day shutdown began on December 4 to protest the killing of their top leader Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji, reports Zee News.
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December - 4 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up a school building at Salmi in Malkangiri District in the night of December 4, reports The Times of India.
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up a school building at Salmi in Malkangiri District in the night of December 4, reports The Times of India.
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December - 4 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres triggered a landmine blast inside the Block Development Office at Harhargunj in Palamu District in the night of December 4, during the two-day Bharat bandh (all India shut down strike) called to
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres triggered a landmine blast inside the Block Development Office at Harhargunj in Palamu District in the night of December 4, during the two-day Bharat bandh (all India shut down strike) called to protest against the killing of Maoist leader Mallujola Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji by the Security Forces in West Bengal, reports The Indian Express. Although there was no casualty, the single-storey building housing the BDO’s office was destroyed.
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December - 4 
The death toll in December 3 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attack on independent Member of Parliament (MP) Inder Singh Namdhari in Latehar District increased to 11 on December 4, reports The Times of India. While five policemen and an
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The death toll in December 3 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attack on independent Member of Parliament (MP) Inder Singh Namdhari in Latehar District increased to 11 on December 4, reports The Times of India. While five policemen and an eight-year-old boy died on the spot in the blast, three bodies were found in the forest during a search operation after the explosion. Two Security Force personnel, who were under treatment at a Daltonganj hospital, succumbed to injuries on December 4, taking the death toll to 11. Earlier it was reported that eight Policemen and two civilians were killed in the incident. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) B K Sharma confirmed the death toll reaching to 11 and looting of arms and ammunition by the Maoists after the attack. According to Latehar Superintendent of Police D B Sharma, the Maoists took with them 10 weapons, 2,000 ammunition and one wireless set.
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December - 4 
The first day of a two-day bandh (shutdown strike) called by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in protest against the killing of Polit Bureau member Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji evoked a partial response and passed off peacef
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The first day of a two-day bandh (shutdown strike) called by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in protest against the killing of Polit Bureau member Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji evoked a partial response and passed off peacefully in the Jungle Mahal region of West Midnapore District on December 4, reports The Hindu. “Posters asking the people to support the bandh were found in some parts of Jhargram and Bankura, but there were no incidents during the day,” Inspector General of Police (Western Range) Gangeshwar Singh said.
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December - 4 
The Hindu reports that there was no impact of Bharat bandh (All India shut down strike) call given by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leadership in protest against the killing of Maoist leader, Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji.
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The Hindu reports that there was no impact of Bharat bandh (All India shut down strike) call given by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leadership in protest against the killing of Maoist leader, Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji. The shutdown call evoked little public response even in his native Karimnagar District in general and Peddapalli town in particular on December 4, the first day of the two-day bandh call.
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December - 4 
The two-day country-wide shut-down called by Maoists evoked mixed response on the first day on December 4 in the State amid disruption of vehicular movement and closure of shops in some places, reports Zee News. Road traffic was affected in several a
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The two-day country-wide shut-down called by Maoists evoked mixed response on the first day on December 4 in the State amid disruption of vehicular movement and closure of shops in some places, reports Zee News. Road traffic was affected in several areas of Naxal [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)]-infested Districts like Malkangiri, Rayagada, Gajapati, Sundargarh and Kandhamal during the bandh (shutdown strike) called by the Maoists in protest against the killing of their top leader Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji. Shops and business establishments remained closed in Kalimela, Motu, Padia and Chitrakonda areas of Malkangiri District, the Police said. In Sundergarh District, shops and markets were shut in areas bordering Jharkhand and remote places. No untoward incident was reported from any place of the State and the bandh has remained peaceful so far, the Police said.
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December - 4 
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on December 4 said there were "liberated" zones in the country dominated by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), corroborating the Maoists’ claims that in west Jharkhand and south Chhattisga
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Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on December 4 said there were "liberated" zones in the country dominated by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), corroborating the Maoists’ claims that in west Jharkhand and south Chhattisgarh, the State's writ doesn't run, reports The Times of India. "In the heart of the country, these two places are liberated zones. Our officers - be it deputy commissioners, block development officers or anganwadi workers and health employees - don't venture into these places of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. The public distribution system is not working," said the rural development minister, who was in Jharkhand to review projects in Saranda forest in West Singhbhum District. "We will develop all 56 villages in the Saranda forest as model villages. We will replicate it in other areas like Jungle Mahal in West Singhbhum and Abujhmad in Chhattisgarh. The Union government will spend Rs 277 crore for development work in Saranda, which includes construction of roads measuring 140 kilometres," said Ramesh. "It is because of non-functioning of post offices and banks in Maoist-dominated areas of Jharkhand, I have allowed the state government to make cash payment to beneficiaries of schemes under MGNREGA. I am hopeful that now when the workers will get cash payment, more people will come forward for work," he added.
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December - 4 
Vinay Singh alias Manan Singh, husband of Dharfari panchayat sarpanch (head of village level local self-Government institution) Kamini Singh, was shot dead by a group of about 30 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres who attacked the vi
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Vinay Singh alias Manan Singh, husband of Dharfari panchayat sarpanch (head of village level local self-Government institution) Kamini Singh, was shot dead by a group of about 30 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres who attacked the village under the Paroo block in Muzaffarpur District late on December 4, to enforce the Bharat Bandh (All India shutdown strike) called by the Maoists, reports The Times of India. The Maoists also shouted pro-Maoist slogans and left behind a large number of leaflets.
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December - 5 
A fierce gun battle started between the Police and Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres after more than 50 heavily armed Maoists attacked Tandwa Police Station in Aurangabad District on December 5, the concluding day of two-day 'Bharat
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A fierce gun battle started between the Police and Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres after more than 50 heavily armed Maoists attacked Tandwa Police Station in Aurangabad District on December 5, the concluding day of two-day 'Bharat bandh' (all India shut down strike) called by the Maoists, reports IBN Live. Further details are awaited about the incident.
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December - 5 
A suspected Maoist cadre involved in the attack on the camp of the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) in Dumaria Police Station was arrested outside the CoBRA camp under Dumaria Police Station area in the District, reports DNA. The suspec
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A suspected Maoist cadre involved in the attack on the camp of the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) in Dumaria Police Station was arrested outside the CoBRA camp under Dumaria Police Station area in the District, reports DNA. The suspected Maoist is believed to have been hit by a bullet in the encounter.
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December - 5 
Governor M K Narayanan said, “The killing of one leader will not end the (Maoist) movement. We hope it will be a setback for the movement. Wait and see.”
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Governor M K Narayanan said, “The killing of one leader will not end the (Maoist) movement. We hope it will be a setback for the movement. Wait and see.”
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December - 5 
India Today reports that the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attacked and fired indiscriminately at the Hariharganj Police Station in Palamau District, around 170 kilometres from State capital Ranchi on December 5. Around 4
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India Today reports that the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attacked and fired indiscriminately at the Hariharganj Police Station in Palamau District, around 170 kilometres from State capital Ranchi on December 5. Around 400 Maoists had attacked the Police Station and a gun battle ensued that lasted for over two hours, the Police said. There were no casualties from either side.
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December - 5 
Maoists blew up a school building at Bhardaria village in Garhwa District in the same day night, the second day of the Bharat bandh (all India shutdown strike) called by the CPI-Maoist in the State, reports The Pioneer. A group of armed Maoists stuff
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Maoists blew up a school building at Bhardaria village in Garhwa District in the same day night, the second day of the Bharat bandh (all India shutdown strike) called by the CPI-Maoist in the State, reports The Pioneer. A group of armed Maoists stuffed improvised Explosive Device (IED) inside a room of a middle school in the village and triggered the blast, damaging a large portion of the structure, Superintendent of Police Michael S Raj said, adds The Economic Times.
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December - 5 
Maoists set ablaze a three-wheeler near Arauri village under the Konch Police Station in Gaya District for violating their diktat to observe two-day bandh, reports The Times of India.
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Maoists set ablaze a three-wheeler near Arauri village under the Konch Police Station in Gaya District for violating their diktat to observe two-day bandh, reports The Times of India.
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December - 5 
Maoists set ablaze a truck at Jharmunda on Padampur-Nuapada road in Bargarh District in the same day night. The empty gunny bags laden truck, bearing registration number OIS 8518, was travelling towards Bargarh town when it was obstructed at Jharmund
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Maoists set ablaze a truck at Jharmunda on Padampur-Nuapada road in Bargarh District in the same day night. The empty gunny bags laden truck, bearing registration number OIS 8518, was travelling towards Bargarh town when it was obstructed at Jharmunda under Padampur Police Station in the District by a group of at least 100 Maoists.
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December - 5 
Maoists set ablaze the battery room of a mobile tower in the District on December 5, on the second day of their two-day Bharat Bandh (all India shutdown strike). According to sources, around 30 Maoists swooped down on the mobile tower belonging to a
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Maoists set ablaze the battery room of a mobile tower in the District on December 5, on the second day of their two-day Bharat Bandh (all India shutdown strike). According to sources, around 30 Maoists swooped down on the mobile tower belonging to a private cellular company in Kiang village, on Odisha-Chhattisgarh border, under Mathili Police Limits in the midnight and set the battery room of the tower on fire. "The Maoists have not used any explosives to damage the mobile tower. No injury or casualty has been reported," said the Police.
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December - 5 
On December 5, a group of Maoists assaulted five Girijans at Terapalli village in Chintapalli mandal for allegedly brewing illicit liquor and Korukonda area committee secretary Narendra addressed a public meeting held there later.
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On December 5, a group of Maoists assaulted five Girijans at Terapalli village in Chintapalli mandal for allegedly brewing illicit liquor and Korukonda area committee secretary Narendra addressed a public meeting held there later.
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December - 5 
Police found posters calling for mass support to the bandh suspected to be put up by Maoists in Galudih in East Singhbhum District on December 5, reports The Times of India. The posters urging the people to support the bandh were found pasted in the
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Police found posters calling for mass support to the bandh suspected to be put up by Maoists in Galudih in East Singhbhum District on December 5, reports The Times of India. The posters urging the people to support the bandh were found pasted in the Subash Chowk area in Galudih.
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December - 5 
The second day of the Bharat Bandh (all India shut down strike) called by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) protesting the killing of top Maoist leader Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji evoked a lukewarm response in the State, reports The I
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The second day of the Bharat Bandh (all India shut down strike) called by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) protesting the killing of top Maoist leader Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji evoked a lukewarm response in the State, reports The Indian Express. Government establishments and offices were closed, but no untoward incident was reported in the State and the bandh passed off peacefully. The bandh partially impacted life in Jungle Mahal (West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura districts). Banks, schools, post offices and government offices were shut. Commercial establishments downed shutters while vehicles stayed off roads in West Midnapore.
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December - 5 
Two mobile towers belonging to a private company was blown up in Haidar Nagar and Hussainabad blocks in Palamu District, reports The Pioneer. Only after a guitar bomb was triggered by the Police, the situation could be brought under control. No casua
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Two mobile towers belonging to a private company was blown up in Haidar Nagar and Hussainabad blocks in Palamu District, reports The Pioneer. Only after a guitar bomb was triggered by the Police, the situation could be brought under control. No casualties were reported in the incident.
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December - 5 
Vehicular traffic came to a halt and markets remained shut in several Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-infested regions of the State on second day of the Bharat Bandh (all India shut down strike) called by the Maoists, reports Zee News. I
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Vehicular traffic came to a halt and markets remained shut in several Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-infested regions of the State on second day of the Bharat Bandh (all India shut down strike) called by the Maoists, reports Zee News. Impact of the bandh was felt in several places of Maoist-infested Districts like Malkangiri, Rayagada, Gajapati, Sundargarh and Kandhamal. Passengers faced a tough time as buses and other vehicles remained off the roads in most Maoist-hit areas including Malkangiri, Rayagada and Sundargarh for the second day on December 5, Police said. Shops and business establishments remained closed in Kalimela, Motu, Padia and Chitrakonda areas of Malkangiri District and remote places and areas bordering Jharkhand in Sundargarh District, they said.
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December - 6 
Armed cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) exchanged fire with Police near Dhivra Police Station in Aurangabad District in the evening of December 6, reports the . Hundreds of armed Maoists fired at the premises of Dhivra Police
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Armed cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) exchanged fire with Police near Dhivra Police Station in Aurangabad District in the evening of December 6, reports the . Hundreds of armed Maoists fired at the premises of Dhivra Police Station prompting the policemen to return fire, Superintendent of Police Sidharth Kumar Jain said. There was no report of casualty from either side, Jain said.
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December - 6 
Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres conducted a public meeting at Busiputtu in Muchingput in Visakhapatnam District on December 6 as part of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) weekly celebrations and decorated the weekly ma
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Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres conducted a public meeting at Busiputtu in Muchingput in Visakhapatnam District on December 6 as part of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) weekly celebrations and decorated the weekly market with red flags and posters, reports The Times of India. Police believe east division head Ganesh, ‘commanders’ of the area committees of Galikonda and Korukonda, Krishna and Narender could be camping in the border areas and planning a major strike in retaliation to the killing of Maoist leader Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji.
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December - 6 
Maoists blocked the area by putting tree logs across the road, disrupting traffic, in the District. Padampur Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), N C Dansena, said Maoists have put logs on the road at Malda and Jharmunda, between Padampur and Paikma
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Maoists blocked the area by putting tree logs across the road, disrupting traffic, in the District. Padampur Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), N C Dansena, said Maoists have put logs on the road at Malda and Jharmunda, between Padampur and Paikmal, by cutting roadside trees. Public transport remained completely off the road on December 6, due to the blockade. Police said steps are being taken to clear the road.
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December - 6 
Maoists set ablaze a mobile tower of a private telecommunication company at Maduaha village under Sakra Police Station in Muzaffarpur District, reports IBN Live
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Maoists set ablaze a mobile tower of a private telecommunication company at Maduaha village under Sakra Police Station in Muzaffarpur District, reports IBN Live
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December - 6 
Nearly 260 schools have been destroyed in Naxal [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] violence in Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-affected States in the last five years, a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) report said, reports IBN Live. In another re
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Nearly 260 schools have been destroyed in Naxal [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] violence in Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-affected States in the last five years, a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) report said, reports IBN Live. In another report on violence faced by educational institutions globally, UNESCO has cited various examples of Naxal violence including destruction of 11 schools in Jharkhand and nine schools in Bihar between January and July 2009. The MHA, in its report, said the highest number of schools hit by Naxal violence was in Chhattisgarh, followed by Jharkhand. While the figure in Chhattisgarh was 131, it was 63 in Jharkhand. 46 schools were destroyed by the Maoists in Bihar between 2006 and November, 2011. In 2009, a total of 71 schools were attacked by the Naxals in six Maoist-hit States -- Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Altogether 59 schools were destroyed by the Naxals in 2006, 43 in 2007, 25 in 2008, 39 in 2010 and 21 in 2011 (till November), it said. In its worldwide report - Education under Attack, 2010, UNESCO said that in the whole of 2009, at least 50 schools were attacked in Jharkhand and Bihar as part of Naxals violence. Maoists also torched the house of a para-teacher in Chowka, Jharkhand, and beat him up, it said. In April 2009, a boy in Mandar, Jharkhand, was reported to have been tortured for refusing to join the Naxalites' children's brigade. In Bihar, four schools were blown up, the UNESCO said.
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December - 6 
Over 500 people including 124 Security Force (SF) personnel were killed in 1,476 attacks carried out by Naxals [Left-Wing Extremists] in various States affected by Left Wing Extremism till November this year, reports Outlook India. According to lates
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Over 500 people including 124 Security Force (SF) personnel were killed in 1,476 attacks carried out by Naxals [Left-Wing Extremists] in various States affected by Left Wing Extremism till November this year, reports Outlook India. According to latest Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) data, out of the total of 513 deaths, the highest of 182 were in Chhattisgarh, followed by 137 in Jharkhand, 50 in Maharashtra, 49 each in Bihar and Odisha, and 40 in West Bengal among others. It said that Naxals carried out 1,476 attacks targeting various government and private installations, killing 389 civilians and 124 SF personnel. Law enforcement agencies have arrested 1,728 Naxals, recovered 546 arms and 344 Maoists surrendered during the eleven months. There were 219 incidents in which Left wing extremists targeted industries, railways, telephone exchange towers, power plants, mines, panchayat bhawans (buildings of village level local self-government institutions) and school building among others. Of these, basic transport infrastructure like roads in Naxal areas bore the brunt with 119 strikes, followed by 31 attacks on telephone towers, 23 on railways properties, 21 school buildings and 12 on economic installations including uranium mines and pipe lines.
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December - 6 
Police agencies and paramilitary forces in the country, including in Andhra Pradesh, are facing a serious canine crunch. Sniffer dogs used in anti-terror and anti-Maoist operations to detect explosives are in great demand, but there are just not enou
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Police agencies and paramilitary forces in the country, including in Andhra Pradesh, are facing a serious canine crunch. Sniffer dogs used in anti-terror and anti-Maoist operations to detect explosives are in great demand, but there are just not enough of them trained and ready to be deployed. Requests are pending with the Andhra Pradesh (AP) Police Intelligence Security Wing Dog Training Centre from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and State Police of Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh.
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December - 6 
The cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) blew up a bridge on National Highway Number 30, that connects the Bastar region to the State capital on December 6, by triggering a powerful landmine blast, reports IBN Live. The bridge i
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The cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) blew up a bridge on National Highway Number 30, that connects the Bastar region to the State capital on December 6, by triggering a powerful landmine blast, reports IBN Live. The bridge is at Kondagaon on National Highway Number 30 in Bastar District, around 210 kilometres south of Raipur. "It was a massive blast that ripped through the bridge. The traffic on the key national highway, Number 30, was blocked for hours after the blast but was resumed later," Bastar's Superintendent of Police Ratanlal Dangi said.
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December - 6 
The New Indian Express reports that Charla Police on December 6 recovered a 5 kilogram land-mine allegedly planted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres on Gogubaka-Rallagudem road in Khammam District and defused it.
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The New Indian Express reports that Charla Police on December 6 recovered a 5 kilogram land-mine allegedly planted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres on Gogubaka-Rallagudem road in Khammam District and defused it.
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December - 7 
A group of 15 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres attacked workers at a road construction site and set ablaze their cycles at Bataloka village under Patamda police station in East Singhbhum District on December 7, reports Th
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A group of 15 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres attacked workers at a road construction site and set ablaze their cycles at Bataloka village under Patamda police station in East Singhbhum District on December 7, reports The Telegraph. At least three workers were severely injured in the Maoist attack. Work on the road project, being conducted under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), has been suspended after the attack.
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December - 7 
IBN Live reports that on December 7, the Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP), V Dinesh Reddy, asserted that anti-Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) operations in the State would be intensified. He further intimated that an unman
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IBN Live reports that on December 7, the Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP), V Dinesh Reddy, asserted that anti-Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) operations in the State would be intensified. He further intimated that an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fitted with powerful surveillance cameras would be pressed into service from February 2012 to track the movement of Maoists. The DGP had earlier on September 25, 2011 also informed about the induction of a UAV which was then to be operated from Madurpudi air-base in Rajahmundry District.
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December - 7 
Nearly 25 Maoist cadres were present at meeting in Terapalli on December 7, which is about five kilometres from Annavaram Police Station in Visakhapatnam District. Maoists warned the Governments in the State and the Centre against going ahead with ba
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Nearly 25 Maoist cadres were present at meeting in Terapalli on December 7, which is about five kilometres from Annavaram Police Station in Visakhapatnam District. Maoists warned the Governments in the State and the Centre against going ahead with bauxite mining in the Agency area and said they would fight to protect the interests of the tribals. A 45-year-old unidentified Maoist leader with his head covered with a cloth addressed the tribals for more than one hour and urged them to join PLGA, the Maoist military wing, in fighting the brutal Government. He warned Police informers and threatened them with dire consequences. No big leaders of east division or Andhra-Odisha Border (AOB) were present at the meeting.
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December - 7 
The Adilabad District Police sounded a high alert on December 7 after the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) deputy director, Sarveshwar Reddy received complaints from tribal women of Vankathan village in Uttnoor mandal (administrative unit)
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The Adilabad District Police sounded a high alert on December 7 after the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) deputy director, Sarveshwar Reddy received complaints from tribal women of Vankathan village in Uttnoor mandal (administrative unit) in the District that Police officers belonging to combing operations teams were allegedly harassing them to provide information about the Maoists, reports The New Indian Express.
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December - 7 
The MHA, in response to another Parliament question, listed Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners (CRPP), Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF), People's Democratic Front of India (PDFI) and Democratic Students Union (DSU) as some of the fr
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The MHA, in response to another Parliament question, listed Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners (CRPP), Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF), People's Democratic Front of India (PDFI) and Democratic Students Union (DSU) as some of the front organizations of the CPI-Maoist that are active in Delhi. Minister of State for Home Affairs Jitendra Singh, in his written response, also said: "The CPI (Maoist) operates in Delhi through the Delhi City Committee of the outfit. Besides the CPI (Maoist), several other left wing extremist groups - including CPML-New Democracy as well as CPML-Liberation - are active in Delhi". Although Singh admitted that no inputs are available to indicate that 'Sleeper Cells' of Naxalites are functional in Delhi, he said activities of the Delhi City Committee and these front organizations of CPI-Maoist were being closely monitored. The Ministry also informed the Rajya Sabha that the CPI-Maoist has developed "close fraternal ties with certain north-east insurgent groups like the Manipur-based RPF/PLA as part of their 'Strategic United Front' (SUF) against the Indian State. "They are constantly making efforts to incorporate more insurgent groups in the SUF. Government has alerted the states concerned of the north-east in this regard. It is also monitoring the situation closely", said Singh.
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December - 7 
The Union Cabinet on December 7 approved the proposal to extend the Integrated Action Plan (IAP), a scheme meant for carrying out development works in Naxal [Left-Wing Extremism]-affected Districts through local administration - to 18 more Districts
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The Union Cabinet on December 7 approved the proposal to extend the Integrated Action Plan (IAP), a scheme meant for carrying out development works in Naxal [Left-Wing Extremism]-affected Districts through local administration - to 18 more Districts with Andhra Pradesh getting one-third of it as "peace dividend", reports The Times of India. The scheme will now be implemented in 78 districts across nine Naxal-affected States from the next fiscal (2012-13). The latest approval will extend it to six Districts (Vishakhapatnam, East Godavari, Warangal, Karimnagar, Srikakulam and Vizianagaram) in Andhra Pradesh; three Districts each of Jharkhand (Ranchi, Giridih and Khunti) and Odisha (three including Ganjam and Nayagarh); two each in West Bengal (Bankura and Purulia); Bihar (Munger and Kaimur) and Uttar Pradesh (Mirjapur and Chandauli).
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December - 7 
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on December 7, identified 23 active Naxal [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] outfits – other than the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) – and disclosed their names for the first time that have been operati
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on December 7, identified 23 active Naxal [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] outfits – other than the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) – and disclosed their names for the first time that have been operating in different States, reports The Times of India.
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December - 8 
A woman, Akli Devi, and a seven-year-old boy Kisna Bhora were killed in cross fire when a contractor, Udasan Nag, opened retaliatory fire at Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres who fired at him near a petrol pump at Tirra village in G
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A woman, Akli Devi, and a seven-year-old boy Kisna Bhora were killed in cross fire when a contractor, Udasan Nag, opened retaliatory fire at Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres who fired at him near a petrol pump at Tirra village in Gumla District on December 8, reports Hindustan Times.
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December - 8 
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) suspected to have been planted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres was recovered by Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel in the course of an anti-Maoist operation in Rajnandgaon District
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An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) suspected to have been planted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres was recovered by Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel in the course of an anti-Maoist operation in Rajnandgaon District on December 8, reports IBN Live. The IED weighing eight kilograms was found lying three feet beneath the soil near a culvert in Hidder village in the District.
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December - 8 
Chief Minister Arjun Munda on December 8 admitted a rise in [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] violence in Palamu division but added that the Garu incident in which 10 Policemen and a boy were killed should not be politicized, reports The Times of India.
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Chief Minister Arjun Munda on December 8 admitted a rise in [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] violence in Palamu division but added that the Garu incident in which 10 Policemen and a boy were killed should not be politicized, reports The Times of India.
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December - 8 
Chunaram Soren, hailing from Patharpara of Goaltore in West Midnapore District, on December 8 surrendered before the court claiming himself to be a squad member of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), reports The Times of India. Chunaram Sor
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Chunaram Soren, hailing from Patharpara of Goaltore in West Midnapore District, on December 8 surrendered before the court claiming himself to be a squad member of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), reports The Times of India. Chunaram Soren claimed that he was close to the slain Maoist leader Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji. Police, however, did not corroborate his claim.
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December - 8 
Daijiworld reports that the Kuremukh National Park Nagarika Samiti (KNPNS) said it is prepared to discharge the role as a mediator between the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and the Government, if the Maoists are interested to join the
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Daijiworld reports that the Kuremukh National Park Nagarika Samiti (KNPNS) said it is prepared to discharge the role as a mediator between the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and the Government, if the Maoists are interested to join the mainstream. Advisor to the Samiti, Nagesh Angeerasa, said in a press conference on December 8, that the Samiti members have respect for the Maoists, who have been fighting for the rights of landless villagers and tribals. He requested them to stop losing lives in their armed revolt against the Government, and join the mainstream on the lines of Maoists in Nepal.
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December - 8 
Fearing retribution from Maoists for Kishanji's killing in an encounter on November 24, doors of Police Stations in Kolkata are being bolted from within by 11.30pm [local time] and opened not before 6.30am, reports Hindustan Times. "We have received
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Fearing retribution from Maoists for Kishanji's killing in an encounter on November 24, doors of Police Stations in Kolkata are being bolted from within by 11.30pm [local time] and opened not before 6.30am, reports Hindustan Times. "We have received intelligence inputs that the Maoists, in retaliation to Kishanji's death, will try to carry out strikes on police forces in and around Kolkata. So, all our units must be on full alert. We have to be extra careful in the present situation," Shibaji Ghosh, special commissioner of Kolkata Police, told Hindustan Times on December 7.
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December - 8 
Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to treat threats to the country’s economic security as a terrorist act and prosecute non-governmental organisations that divert funds to help terrorists and Naxalites under the anti-terror law. The move – that als
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Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to treat threats to the country’s economic security as a terrorist act and prosecute non-governmental organisations that divert funds to help terrorists and Naxalites under the anti-terror law. The move – that also counts dealing in counterfeit currency as a terror act - is part of the first set of changes to the anti-terror law – Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) – that was last amended after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. In its new form, the Government has also decided to raise the duration of the ban on terrorist groups from two years to five years.
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December - 8 
Security Forces have started a quiet hunt for Venugopal Rao, elder brother of slain Maoist leader Kishanji, "somewhere inside the forests of Belpahari" in the District, reports The Pioneer. According to a senior Police official, the search was starte
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Security Forces have started a quiet hunt for Venugopal Rao, elder brother of slain Maoist leader Kishanji, "somewhere inside the forests of Belpahari" in the District, reports The Pioneer. According to a senior Police official, the search was started following intelligence reports that Venugopal, alias Bhupathi, alias Sonu was hiding in Belpahari or Banspahari, reportedly, to revive lost contacts and rejuvenate the sagging organisational network of Maoists.
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December - 8 
Two cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a break away faction of the CPI-Maoist, were lynched by the people of Ludgo village in the District late on December 7. The villagers snatched the rifle and pistol from the PLFI cadres and
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Two cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a break away faction of the CPI-Maoist, were lynched by the people of Ludgo village in the District late on December 7. The villagers snatched the rifle and pistol from the PLFI cadres and handed them over to the Police. The PLFI cadres had reportedly gone to extort money from the villagers.
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December - 9 
A 40-member Greyhounds team of Andhra Pradesh Police had a narrow escape when Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres triggered a landmine explosion at Lakkavarapupet in the GK Veedhi mandal (administrative unit) of Visakhapatnam District
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A 40-member Greyhounds team of Andhra Pradesh Police had a narrow escape when Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres triggered a landmine explosion at Lakkavarapupet in the GK Veedhi mandal (administrative unit) of Visakhapatnam District on December 9, reports The Times of India. The members of the Galikonda Area Committee of the CPI-Maoist is suspected to be behind the blast that took place at around 10.30 am when the Security Force (SF) personnel were coming from the Pedavalasa area, sources said. No one was injured in the incident. This is the first time after a gap of a year that the Maoists triggered a landmine in the District.
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December - 9 
A communication of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the CPI-Maoist mentioned that people are rallying for the formation of separate Telangana and the situation has to be used for building a revolutionary movement, reports Asian Age. Documents
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A communication of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the CPI-Maoist mentioned that people are rallying for the formation of separate Telangana and the situation has to be used for building a revolutionary movement, reports Asian Age. Documents pertaining to the 11 years after the formation of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) and the CMC revealed that the Maoists are planning to convert PLGA into a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and guerrilla warfare into mobile warfare to make Dandakaranya and Bihar-Jharkhand liberated areas. The Maoists also vowed to avenge the killing of politburo member Kishanji, and said that he had worked hard to build up guerrilla squads in Dandakaranya.
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December - 9 
Intelligence sources said Ravikant, a tribal cadre of the CPI-Maoist, was appointed as the new ‘commander’ of the Sone-Ganga-Vindhyachal zone last week, replacing Munna Vishwakarma, who was made commander after the death of Birendra Yadav alias Rana,
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Intelligence sources said Ravikant, a tribal cadre of the CPI-Maoist, was appointed as the new ‘commander’ of the Sone-Ganga-Vindhyachal zone last week, replacing Munna Vishwakarma, who was made commander after the death of Birendra Yadav alias Rana, in Rohtas District in July 1, 2011, reports The Telegraph. Ravikant’s elevation to the post was announced at a meeting of the armed squad members in Rahel forest in Rohtas District on December 2 to mark the 11th anniversary of the formation of CPI-Maoist following the merger of the Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) and the People’s War Group (PWG).
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December - 9 
One person was arrested on charges of plotting to attack the convoy of Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda during his visit to Lohardaga on December 7, reports IBN Live. "Lal Guddunath Sahadeo was arrested, and interrogation was on," Superintendent
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One person was arrested on charges of plotting to attack the convoy of Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda during his visit to Lohardaga on December 7, reports IBN Live. "Lal Guddunath Sahadeo was arrested, and interrogation was on," Superintendent of Police (SP) Jitendra Kumar Singh said. Singh, however, claimed he did not know which outfit Sahadeo belonged to. Deputy SP Anil Kumar Jha said, "The police intercepted Sahadeo's telephonic conversation with Maoist ‘zonal-commander’ Ravindra Ganju about blowing up the Chief Minister's convoy during his visit to Lohardaga. He was arrested after two days of interrogation."
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December - 9 
Ranchi Express reports that the death toll in the December 3 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attack on independent Member of Parliament (MP) Inder Singh Namdhari in Latehar District increased to 12 on December 9 as another critically inj
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Ranchi Express reports that the death toll in the December 3 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attack on independent Member of Parliament (MP) Inder Singh Namdhari in Latehar District increased to 12 on December 9 as another critically injured trooper, identified as Prem Toppo, succumbed to his injuries.
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December - 9 
Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres abducted seven workers from two construction sites in Pakri village in Jamui District on December 9, reports IBN Live. Some 50 heavily-armed Maoists, the Police claimed, reached a makeshif
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Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres abducted seven workers from two construction sites in Pakri village in Jamui District on December 9, reports IBN Live. Some 50 heavily-armed Maoists, the Police claimed, reached a makeshift workshop of a construction company which is engaged in construction of a bridge over Kiul River and abducted four labourers. The Maoists later went to another construction site where labourers were engaged in construction of a water tank of State Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) and abducted three of them. The Maoists took the labourers away to Garhi forest area at gun-point, the Police said. The labourers were kidnapped after the construction firm failed to meet their extortion demands, sources said.
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December - 9 
Two Maoists exchanged fire with Police before making an escape in Vizianagaram District, reports The Indian Express. The duo was sighted at the Kooneru railway station at Komarada mandal of the District by a special police party. Upon seeing the Poli
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Two Maoists exchanged fire with Police before making an escape in Vizianagaram District, reports The Indian Express. The duo was sighted at the Kooneru railway station at Komarada mandal of the District by a special police party. Upon seeing the Police they opened fire to which the latter retaliated by firing three rounds. However, the Maoists escaped in the darkness, Police said.
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December - 9 
Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh was forced to cancel his visit to Madhya Pradesh in the wake of inputs of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)’s threat, reports The Hindu. Ramesh was to have gone to Balaghat on December 9-e
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Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh was forced to cancel his visit to Madhya Pradesh in the wake of inputs of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)’s threat, reports The Hindu. Ramesh was to have gone to Balaghat on December 9-evening and reached the airport to take a BSF plane to Nagpur en route to his destination. But, according to informed sources, Intelligence Bureau authorities stopped him from proceeding, saying there was movement of Maoists in Balaghat on the border with Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. Ramesh however had decided to cover by road almost 250 kilometers, refusing to use a chopper.
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December - 10 
Around two dozen armed cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed Shyamlal Netam (30), suspecting him to be Police informer, in Paralkot area in Kanker District on December 10, reports Daily Bhaskar. Netam worked on farmlands a
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Around two dozen armed cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed Shyamlal Netam (30), suspecting him to be Police informer, in Paralkot area in Kanker District on December 10, reports Daily Bhaskar. Netam worked on farmlands and used to take tuition classes for last one year, the Police said.
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December - 10 
The Central reserve Police Force (CRPF) has acquired as many as 18,000 AK 47 and 6382 X-95 sophisticated assault rifles for further intensifying anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] operations in the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-aff
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The Central reserve Police Force (CRPF) has acquired as many as 18,000 AK 47 and 6382 X-95 sophisticated assault rifles for further intensifying anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] operations in the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-affected States, reports The Pioneer. This besides, a large number of Night Vision Devices have also been provided to the CRPF and CoBRA troops deployed in the Naxal-hit areas. The paramilitary is also launching the CRPF Intelligence School on December 19 at CRPF Academy at Kadarpur in Gurgaon for training the personnel in collecting intelligence in the Naxal-hit areas.
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December - 10 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including women, attacked the camp of a construction firm at Saraikela village in Bargarh District and set ablaze about six vehicles on December 10, reports Zee News. According to BD Chhatria,
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including women, attacked the camp of a construction firm at Saraikela village in Bargarh District and set ablaze about six vehicles on December 10, reports Zee News. According to BD Chhatria, in-charge of the local Police Station, about 25 armed Maoists, including some women cadres, raided the camp and asked all the 13 construction workers to leave. "They then set ablaze six vehicles -- four tractors and two multi utility vehicles," he said. The Maoists have left a poster at the site which said the vehicles were set ablaze because the contractor had carried out road construction work in the area during a strike called by the Maoists.
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December - 11 
A day after it announced resumption of train services in the night along Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-hit regions of Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) on December 11 said restriction on movement of passe
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A day after it announced resumption of train services in the night along Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-hit regions of Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) on December 11 said restriction on movement of passenger trains will continue, reports IBN Live. The restriction will remain in force till December 14.
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December - 11 
After learning that the Andhra Orissa Border (AOB) zonal committee of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) held a meeting near the border of Visakhapatnam District recently and the Maoists were planning for a major attack, the Security Fo
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After learning that the Andhra Orissa Border (AOB) zonal committee of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) held a meeting near the border of Visakhapatnam District recently and the Maoists were planning for a major attack, the Security Forces (SFs) launched a massive hunt for the Maoists on December 11, reports The Times of India.
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December - 11 
The East Coast Railways decided to resume night train services in the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-affected contiguous regions of Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal on December 11, reports IBN Live. The trains which will route through
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The East Coast Railways decided to resume night train services in the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-affected contiguous regions of Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal on December 11, reports IBN Live. The trains which will route through the Kharagpur-Tata, Kharagpur-Adra and Rourkela-Chakradharpur sections will travel with adequate safety precautions and at a restricted speed of 75 km per hour between 10 pm and 5 am during the bandh (shut down strike) called by the Maoists. As a safety precaution, light engines and goods trains will be run before passenger trains during the nights.
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December - 11 
The Times of India reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres released all the seven labourers in the night of December 11 after they were abducted on December 9 from Pakari village in Jamui District. The labourers were set
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The Times of India reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres released all the seven labourers in the night of December 11 after they were abducted on December 9 from Pakari village in Jamui District. The labourers were set free at a hillock near Rajaun Bishanpur village, Superintendent of Police R N Singh said.
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December - 11 
Two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, identified as Prasanta Gulurika and Billura Brekawada, were arrested while trying to plant landmines on a road in Rayagada District December 11, reports The Times of India. Explosives including
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Two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, identified as Prasanta Gulurika and Billura Brekawada, were arrested while trying to plant landmines on a road in Rayagada District December 11, reports The Times of India. Explosives including two landmines, four electronic detonators and a few metres of live wire, Maoist posters, banners and handwritten letters were recovered from the possession of the arrestees. The Police said following a tip-off that Maoists are planting explosives on Chandrapur-Dangasorada road within Chandrapur Police limits in the night of December 11, the operation was chalked out. Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Bissamkatak, R Prakash, said, "They joined the Maoist organization five years ago and are armed cadres. They were close associates of Maoist leader Azad and Nikhil and belong to the Bansadhara division of the CPI (Maoist)."
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December - 13 
A top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre and three of his associates were arrested in Sambalpur District on December 13, The Telegraph. The arrested Maoists were identified as Rambeer Sansar (22), Basant Herenz (51), Durga Topno (25)
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A top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre and three of his associates were arrested in Sambalpur District on December 13, The Telegraph. The arrested Maoists were identified as Rambeer Sansar (22), Basant Herenz (51), Durga Topno (25) and Manglu Oram (55). Sansar, along with three of his associates, were arrested while they were on their way to the market. . “Ranbeer, along with Basant and Durga, was in Sambalpur to purchase materials for a Maoist camp being run in the nearby forests. They were staying in the house of Manglu Oram, a mason by profession,” said the Police. The Police said that while Sansar, a resident of Gurubeda under Arki Police Station in Khunti District in Jharkhand, had been actively involved in Maoist activities in Sambalpur and across the border, his associates Basant, Durga and Manglu were helping him organise a camp for the Maoists in the area. Sambalpur Superintendent of Police Nikhil Kanodia said the Police had also recovered a motorbike, a hand-written note and some cash from the Maoists. “Sansar has been associated with the Maoist outfit for the last one-and-a-half years. He had been actively involved in rebel activities in Sambalpur for the past four months. He was also involved in Maoist activities in Jharkhand,” Kanodia said.
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December - 13 
After facing some reverses in their strongholds, the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has formed a 'Golden Corridor Committee' to build its base in hitherto untouched industrial areas of Gujarat and Maharashtra, stretching from Pune to Ah
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After facing some reverses in their strongholds, the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has formed a 'Golden Corridor Committee' to build its base in hitherto untouched industrial areas of Gujarat and Maharashtra, stretching from Pune to Ahmedabad, including commercial hubs like Mumbai, Nashik, Surat and Vadodara, reports The Times of India. Besides, the Maoists have planned to expand their movement to Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara and Yavatmal Districts of Maharashtra in addition to their existing bases in Gadchiroli, Gondia and Chandrapur in the state. Maoists' game-plan is to make foray into these unexplored areas was disclosed by the Union Home Ministry in response to a question in Parliament on December 13. The ministry informed the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) that Maharashtra alone had witnessed 221 deaths in Naxal incidents from 2008 till November, 2011. The State has reported more deaths (51) this year as compared to 2010 when it had witnessed 45 killings in Naxal violence. Security agencies had first got to know about the Maoists' plan to set up another theatre of their activities through the 'Golden Corridor Committee' after arresting a number of Maoists in Maharashtra in the past six months, including the first batch of 10 Maoists - all belong to West Bengal - in Pune in May. All the Maoists were working as casual labourers in different industrial units.
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December - 13 
In a joint operation with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)'s Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), the State Police arrested two cadres of the People Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a breakaway faction of the CPI-Maoist, in Banrago v
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In a joint operation with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)'s Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), the State Police arrested two cadres of the People Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a breakaway faction of the CPI-Maoist, in Banrago village in Karra in the District. The arrestees were identified as ‘area commander’ Barnawas Bakhla (28) and his aide Tahsulang Munda (19). The Police also recovered two 9-mm pistols along with nine rounds from the duo. Both Bakhla and Munda were wanted in as many as eight cases of crime in Khunti and Ranchi Districts.
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December - 13 
The Odisha Police on December 13 recovered a massive arms and ammunition dump of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) that included 15 landmines, 17 detonators and 6 pressure bombs from deep inside forests in Rayagada District, reports The In
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The Odisha Police on December 13 recovered a massive arms and ammunition dump of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) that included 15 landmines, 17 detonators and 6 pressure bombs from deep inside forests in Rayagada District, reports The Indian Express.
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December - 13 
The Police arrested a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Manoj Lohra (22), wanted in six cases of attacks, from Sindri village under Karra Police Station area of Khunti District on December 13, reports The Telegraph.
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The Police arrested a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Manoj Lohra (22), wanted in six cases of attacks, from Sindri village under Karra Police Station area of Khunti District on December 13, reports The Telegraph.
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December - 13 
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Jitendra Singh said that the ongoing anti-dam stir in Assam has caught the attention of the Centre, as the suspected Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres have been mobilised for extensive propag
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Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Jitendra Singh said that the ongoing anti-dam stir in Assam has caught the attention of the Centre, as the suspected Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres have been mobilised for extensive propaganda. The Minister said, “The cadres have been utilised in extensive propaganda against mega dams in Assam”. The Minister said that CPI-Maoist is trying to establish organisational bases in the Northeast. The Upper Assam Leading Committee (UALC) of the CPI-Maoist is currently operating in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and has been involved in incidents of looting of weapons and extortion from local villagers. The UALC has also engaged in recruitment and training of cadres for the outfit in Assam. “In this backdrop, Assam-Arunachal Pradesh has emerged as another theatre of Maoist activities,” Singh said, further adding that Government of India has alerted the State Governments concerned of the Northeast in this regard.
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December - 14 
A group of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres destroyed a school by razing it down to the ground in Gaya District, reports ANI. Residents say around 100 armed Maoists stormed into Barachatti village with a bulldozer and demolished th
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A group of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres destroyed a school by razing it down to the ground in Gaya District, reports ANI. Residents say around 100 armed Maoists stormed into Barachatti village with a bulldozer and demolished the building.
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December - 14 
A group of more than 50 armed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze a vehicle of Essar company near Pallankray village in Ralegada panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) under Chitrakonda Police limits in
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A group of more than 50 armed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze a vehicle of Essar company near Pallankray village in Ralegada panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) under Chitrakonda Police limits in Malkangiri District on December 14, reports Orissadiary.com. The Maoists took the 7-member group of Essar company officials from Chhattisgarh as hostage in a nearby area and set the Tata Sumo vehicle on fire after pouring petrol on it. All the hostages were later released hours after the incident. The Maoists were in military uniforms and were speaking in Oriya and Hindi, said an eyewitness to the incident.
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December - 14 
Rebutting allegations that top Maoist leader Kishanji was killed in a "fake encounter", Mamata Banerjee said the security forces took time to confirm his death as they had no idea that the senior rebel leader was in the Burishole jungle area at the t
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Rebutting allegations that top Maoist leader Kishanji was killed in a "fake encounter", Mamata Banerjee said the security forces took time to confirm his death as they had no idea that the senior rebel leader was in the Burishole jungle area at the time.
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December - 14 
Replying to another question, Singh said a number of breakaway Left-Wing Extremist groups like Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), Jharkhand Prastuti Committee (JPC), Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) and Revolutio
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Replying to another question, Singh said a number of breakaway Left-Wing Extremist groups like Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), Jharkhand Prastuti Committee (JPC), Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) and Revolutionary Communist Centre (RCC) have been formed during the last few years and are indulging in extortion in their respective strongholds.
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December - 14 
Slain Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji had 42 criminal cases registered against him in five States, reports The Times of India. Minister of State for Home Affairs Jitendra Singh told the Rajya
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Slain Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji had 42 criminal cases registered against him in five States, reports The Times of India. Minister of State for Home Affairs Jitendra Singh told the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament) on December 14 that 24 cases were registered against Kishanji in West Bengal, 10 in Andhra Pradesh, six in Jharkhand and one each in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra.
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December - 14 
The West Bengal Government invited engineering major Larsen & Toubro to set up a thermal power plant of 700-800 MW capacity in the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-affected West Midnapore District, reports The Times of India. "We have off
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The West Bengal Government invited engineering major Larsen & Toubro to set up a thermal power plant of 700-800 MW capacity in the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-affected West Midnapore District, reports The Times of India. "We have offered L&T land at Goaltore to set up a power plant," Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on December 14, adding that preliminary talks have been held with the company in this regard. "L&T officials are coming on December 19 for further discussions. I will sit with them and discuss the issue with the land map of the area," the Chief Minister told a Bengali news channel. She pointed out that the state government owns 1,000 acres of land at Goaltore. "While 300 acres can be set aside for manufacturing industry, we can give them 700 acres to set up a power plant," Banerjee said.
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December - 15 
A group of 50-odd Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up an under-construction bridge at Patna village under Manika Police Station area of Latehar District on December 15, around 8pm, reports The Telegraph. Sources said INR 10 mi
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A group of 50-odd Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up an under-construction bridge at Patna village under Manika Police Station area of Latehar District on December 15, around 8pm, reports The Telegraph. Sources said INR 10 million had been sanctioned for building the 50 metre bridge. Superintendent of Police (SP) Kranti Kumar Garhdesi did not confirm the blast but he said that a Police team had been rushed to the spot.
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December - 15 
District Police destroyed illegal hemp cultivation over 15 acres in Kendiriguda village within Padmapur Police limits in Rayagada District, reports The Times of India. Sources claimed that a part of the earnings from such cultivation goes to the Maoi
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District Police destroyed illegal hemp cultivation over 15 acres in Kendiriguda village within Padmapur Police limits in Rayagada District, reports The Times of India. Sources claimed that a part of the earnings from such cultivation goes to the Maoists and hence it is undertaken in Maoist-dominated areas.
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December - 15 
In Manika, local residents discovered Maoists posters, which threatened Abhijeet and Essar groups with dire consequences if the interest of locals was overlooked while hiring staff in the District. The Maoists posters were found in two places. “While
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In Manika, local residents discovered Maoists posters, which threatened Abhijeet and Essar groups with dire consequences if the interest of locals was overlooked while hiring staff in the District. The Maoists posters were found in two places. “While one poster was noticed on a wall at Dharampur Chowk, about 200m from the town police station, another poster was found near Panchpheri Chowk, about 100m from Manika police station. The posters were brought to the notice of the Police around 9am,” a local resident claimed. However, IBN Live reports that the posters were that of Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a breakaway faction of the CPI-Maoist.
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December - 15 
Jharkhand High Court on December 15 acquitted the death sentence of four alleged Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres for opening fire on spectators of football match in Giridih on October 2007 in which former Chief Minister Babulal Ma
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Jharkhand High Court on December 15 acquitted the death sentence of four alleged Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres for opening fire on spectators of football match in Giridih on October 2007 in which former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi’s son and 18 others were killed, reports Business Standard. A division bench of justices R K Merathia and P P Bhatt heard the appeals filed by the accused and gave them the “benefit of doubt”, citing “lack of evidence” on the part of the prosecution to confirm the death sentence awarded by Giridih sessions judge on June 22. The bench observed that the prosecution had failed to bring about a strong case against the accused.
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December - 15 
Local residents of Chandwa claimed that Maoists took away two firearms and 42 rounds of ammunition from security guards posted at the gate of the 2,000MW power plant under-construction power plant in the District. “The rebels took away two double-bar
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Local residents of Chandwa claimed that Maoists took away two firearms and 42 rounds of ammunition from security guards posted at the gate of the 2,000MW power plant under-construction power plant in the District. “The rebels took away two double-barrel guns. We heard that around 25 rebels struck in the wee hours of Wednesday and abducted three security guards. The guards, who were taken to a nearby forest, were released this morning only after they surrendered their arms,” a resident said.
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December - 16 
A large number of armed Maoists from three States of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand are reported to be camping in forests bordering Nagar Untari, Bhawnathpur and Manjhiaon areas in Garhwa District for the past 10 days, reports The Times of India.
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A large number of armed Maoists from three States of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand are reported to be camping in forests bordering Nagar Untari, Bhawnathpur and Manjhiaon areas in Garhwa District for the past 10 days, reports The Times of India. The Maoists numbering over 150 are planning a major offensive. Garhwa Superintendent of Police (SP) Michael Raj S said that Security Forces were trying to ascertain the presence of the Maoists in suspected areas and were keeping a watch on their activities. According to reports, the Maoists have taken shelter in the dense forests of Saropato in Nagar Untari Police Station area, Kaylan village in Bhawnathpur and Semri Banjari and Sukhnadi villages in Manjhiaon, the SP said.
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December - 16 
a recent investigation conducted by the Hyderabad Police into circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) has revealed that those associated with the Naxal movement have been raising funds by circulating fake currency in Andhra Pradesh, reports
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a recent investigation conducted by the Hyderabad Police into circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) has revealed that those associated with the Naxal movement have been raising funds by circulating fake currency in Andhra Pradesh, reports The Times of India. Hyderabad in particular has become the nerve centre of the fake currency racket. While earlier notes were smuggled into Andhra Pradesh, these days notes are being printed and circulated within the state, say Police sources.
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December - 16 
Cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) allegedly set ablaze a tipper and a proclainer (earthmover) near Alubaka in the Bhadrachalam Agency area of Kammam District late in the night of December 16, reports IBN live. Sources said th
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Cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) allegedly set ablaze a tipper and a proclainer (earthmover) near Alubaka in the Bhadrachalam Agency area of Kammam District late in the night of December 16, reports IBN live. Sources said that the Maoists set ablaze the vehicles to obstruct the road works taken up under the Left Wing Extremism Affected Districts Development Scheme. The Maoist had warned the contractor earlier not to take up work on the road that connects Bhadrachalam with Venkatapur and Bhoopalapatnam in Chhattisgarh. According to sources, around 60 Maoists, 20 of them armed, from the neighbouring state entered the district, poured kerosene over the vehicles, and set them ablaze.
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December - 16 
Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze the battery rooms of at least five mobile towers in Sorada area of Ganjam District late in the night of December 16, reports IBN live. While two mobile towers were attacked in Gajalabadi,
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Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze the battery rooms of at least five mobile towers in Sorada area of Ganjam District late in the night of December 16, reports IBN live. While two mobile towers were attacked in Gajalabadi, three were attacked in Ashurabandh under Sorada police station limits. Separate groups of about 20 Maoists each attacked the mobile towers belonging to private cellular operators located in Ganjam-Kandhamal-Gajapati border. "No injuries or casualties reported during their raids," Police said. Police also found a hand written poster of the Maoists from Gajalabadi. The poster said the Maoists had damaged the mobile towers in protest against the killing of CPI-Maoist politburo member Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji by Security Forces in West Bengal. The Times of India adds that this is the first time in 10 years that the Maoists have struck the area.
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December - 16 
Contrary to the view of Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh that large projects in Andhra Pradesh were causing a spurt in Naxalism (Left-Wing Extremism), Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on December 16 said such projects were ''developme
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Contrary to the view of Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh that large projects in Andhra Pradesh were causing a spurt in Naxalism (Left-Wing Extremism), Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on December 16 said such projects were ''development opportunities'', reports Deccan Herald. Reddy spoke in favour of controversial projects like the Posco, Vedanta, bauxite mining in the Araku valley of Andhra Pradesh and thermal power station at Sompeta in Srikakulam District - issues allegedly being used by the Maoists to spread their wings - saying, "these are not issues...they are development opportunities." Reddy further said, "Out of the 21 Central Committee members of CPI (Maoist), 13 hailed from AP; of the 19 member Andhra-Odisha Border Committee, 17 are from here while all the 12 members of the Chhattisgarh Committee too are from AP."
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December - 16 
Five landmines -- four landmines of five kilograms each and one weighing 10 kilogram -- suspected to be kept in two sacks by the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were recovered from Ramgarh District on December 16, reports I
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Five landmines -- four landmines of five kilograms each and one weighing 10 kilogram -- suspected to be kept in two sacks by the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were recovered from Ramgarh District on December 16, reports IANS. According to the Police, the two sacks were found by villagers on a farm at Bhadgao village of Ramgarh, around 60 kilometres from Ranchi. The landmines were later defused by the bomb disposal squad.
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December - 16 
The Chhattisgarh Government said on December 16 that Essar Group had handed over INR 1.5 million to a local contractor in the State to pass on to Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, reports The Economic Times. "As per the first infor
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The Chhattisgarh Government said on December 16 that Essar Group had handed over INR 1.5 million to a local contractor in the State to pass on to Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, reports The Economic Times. "As per the first information report (FIR), Rs.15 lakh amount was provided from Essar company side to a contractor, B.K. Lala on Sep 9 to hand over to Lingaram Kodopi at a weekly market at village Palnar in Dantewada district," Home Minister Nankiram Kanwar told the State assembly in a written reply. He informed the house that so far, four people were arrested in the case and the State Government had constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to speed up the probe and get to the bottom of the issue. Kanwar said that besides Lala and Kodopi who were caught red-handed by the Police, two others -- a tribal woman teacher, Soni Sori, and Essar general manager, D.V.C.S. Verma, who is posted in Dantewada District -- were arrested so far.
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December - 16 
The Telegraph reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up the building of an upgraded Government middle school at Sarkanda village under Tankuppa block in Gaya District in the night of December 16.
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The Telegraph reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up the building of an upgraded Government middle school at Sarkanda village under Tankuppa block in Gaya District in the night of December 16.
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December - 16 
Three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, identified as Jagannath Tudu, Shibil Soren and Lakshikant Mahto, were arrested from Kaliam village in Binpur area in West Midnapore District on December 16, reports Zee News. The three were c
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Three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, identified as Jagannath Tudu, Shibil Soren and Lakshikant Mahto, were arrested from Kaliam village in Binpur area in West Midnapore District on December 16, reports Zee News. The three were cadres of the ‘China squad’ but the nomenclature has nothing to do with the neighbouring country, the sources said.
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December - 16 
Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will chalk out strategies to deal with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) problem in a meeting of the heads of the Police Forces of the Northeast, convened by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) in Guwahati
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Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will chalk out strategies to deal with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) problem in a meeting of the heads of the Police Forces of the Northeast, convened by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) in Guwahati on December 19 and 20, reports The Nagaland Post.
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December - 17 
Maoists demolished the building of another upgraded middle school at Chananwar village under Khaira block in Jamui District on December 17. The school had 14 rooms. A JCB machine was found near the destroyed school. Asked why the Police were not bein
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Maoists demolished the building of another upgraded middle school at Chananwar village under Khaira block in Jamui District on December 17. The school had 14 rooms. A JCB machine was found near the destroyed school. Asked why the Police were not being able to make necessary arrangements to counter frequent attacks by the Maoists, Jamui superintendent of police (SP) Ram Narayan Singh said: “The location of these places is a major hindrance. We conduct massive search operations in the areas considered Maoist stronghold. But it is not possible to keep a 24-hour vigil at schools in areas such as Chananwar.”
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December - 17 
Police neutralised an illegal arms and ammunition factory operated by the CPI-Maoist from a rented house in the Kanholi area under Mithanpura Police Station in Muzaffarpur District. A Police team recovered a stock of 900 cartridges and equipment that
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Police neutralised an illegal arms and ammunition factory operated by the CPI-Maoist from a rented house in the Kanholi area under Mithanpura Police Station in Muzaffarpur District. A Police team recovered a stock of 900 cartridges and equipment that the Maoists used to make pistols and other firearms. Two Maoists, identified as Srikant Singh and Bipin Kumar, who were working at the factory near Bela Industrial Estate, were arrested. Singh is a resident of Phenhara in East Champaran and Kumar is from Kharona under Kurhani Police Station of Muzaffarpur District. Both were “actively involved” in the organisational activities of the CPI-Maoist in the District, the Police said. The Police also arrested the owner of the house, Nagendra Singh, who had rented out the accommodation to the Maoists. Muzaffarpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rajesh Kumar said the cartridges made at the arms factory were being supplied to the wings of the CPI-Maoist operating in north Bihar Districts. The Police also found three mobile phones at the factory. The SSP added that the Police have recovered raw materials used in making cartridges and some empty packets of cartridges as well.
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December - 18 
It has been sixteen days since, Adheen Prajapati, a villager of Semari village in Palamu District got abducted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, reports ANI. The Prajapati's wife told the media persons that a group of about
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It has been sixteen days since, Adheen Prajapati, a villager of Semari village in Palamu District got abducted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, reports ANI. The Prajapati's wife told the media persons that a group of about 20-25 Maoists arrived in their village around midnight and barged into their house and took away her husband on December 1. She also added the Maoists made a monetary demand of INR 3 million.
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December - 19 
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik told the Assembly on December 19 on the murder of the then Umerkote MLA Jagabandhu Majhi that the case was being investigated and ‘’Evidence collected so far reveals the involvement of Left-wing extremists operating from
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Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik told the Assembly on December 19 on the murder of the then Umerkote MLA Jagabandhu Majhi that the case was being investigated and ‘’Evidence collected so far reveals the involvement of Left-wing extremists operating from Chhattisgarh,’’ reports IBN Live. Dismissing allegations that the Government had miserably failed to tackle the Left-wing extremists, the Chief Minister said the militant activities of the CPI-Maoist have been contained to a great extent. ‘’There has been no organised Maoist attack on security forces during the last one year. Important roads have been secured for effective deployment of forces and operations by police and security forces,’’ he said in his reply to the discussion on the supplementary demand of grants for the Home and the General Administration departments. The Chief Minister said his Government was formulating a revised surrender and rehabilitation policy by making the package more attractive to encourage Maoist cadres to give up arms. Stating that the strength of Special Operation Group (SOG) has been substantially enhanced, the Chief Minister said inter-State coordination meetings are being held with neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand for better coordinated operation against the Maoists. The Chief Minister slammed the Union Government for reduced allocation of Central assistance under Modernisation of Police Force (MPF) scheme over the years despite the State utilising 99 per cent of the funds provided since 2000.
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December - 19 
Hindustan Times reports that even after the killing of top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji, the Maoists still have the men and firepower for retaliatory strikes in West Bengal, according to a
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Hindustan Times reports that even after the killing of top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji, the Maoists still have the men and firepower for retaliatory strikes in West Bengal, according to an intelligence report sent to the Union Home Ministry. The subsidiary intelligence bureau (SIB) — a central intelligence agency — report details the status of Maoist squads active in Jungle Mahal (West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia Districts) and other districts after Kishanji’s death in an encounter on November 24. According to the report, nine Maoist squads with more than 100 members are active in West Midnapore and Purulia Districts and all members are being given firearms. The biggest among these is Purulia’s Ayodhya squad, with nearly 40 members. The report lists the Maoists as having 30 sophisticated firearms including five AK-47s and five INSAS (Indian Small Arms System) rifles, apart from a host of other weapons. “As per our information, Maoists at present are suffering from an ammunition crisis. But they do not have a shortage of firearms. Kishanji’s death is a major blow to the Maoists. They are taking time to absorb it. But at the same time, they are preparing themselves to strike back. We are keeping a watch on the situation,” said Banibrata Basu, additional director general of state intelligence branch. According to the report, Maoist squads in Belpahari, Jhargram East, Jhargram West, Jamboni, Binpur, Nayagram and Lalgarh are active in West Midnapore District. Among these, Belpahari is the biggest, with more than 20 members under the leadership of Madan Mahato.
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December - 19 
Over 40 armed cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) raided the camp office of a road construction firm and set ablaze three machines of the firm at Bario Bishunpur village in Barhat Police Station in Jamui District on December 19
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Over 40 armed cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) raided the camp office of a road construction firm and set ablaze three machines of the firm at Bario Bishunpur village in Barhat Police Station in Jamui District on December 19, reports IBN Live.
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December - 19 
Security Forces (SFs) deployed in Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-infested regions have been prohibited from using mosquito-repellants like Odomos, even while scurrying through the forests during operations, reports Deccan Herald. The di
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Security Forces (SFs) deployed in Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-infested regions have been prohibited from using mosquito-repellants like Odomos, even while scurrying through the forests during operations, reports Deccan Herald. The directive came into effect after detained Maoists revealed during interrogation that they could locate the forces, even in the dark, from the odour of the repellants. “Though the visibility on many occasions was nearly zero only because of this reason they were able to foil our entire plan and operation,” Inspector General, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Vivek Sahay told Deccan Herald. The CRPF personnel have been directed to resort to alternative precautions. Recently, CRPF Director-General K Vijay Kumar said mosquitoes have claimed more CRPF personnel in the forests than the Maoists. According to CRPF sources, 17 troopers posted in the Maoist-infested areas have lost their lives to dengue and malaria in the last 10 months.
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December - 19 
The leadership of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has undertaken the task of conducting the 10th congress of the party in the face of heightened onslaught from the Security Forces in Maoist strongholds, reports The Times of India. Th
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The leadership of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has undertaken the task of conducting the 10th congress of the party in the face of heightened onslaught from the Security Forces in Maoist strongholds, reports The Times of India. The conferences of the various units of the party have been completed and the stage is set for the congress where major policy decisions will be taken. The date and venue of the congress will be a closely guarded secret till those who participated in the meeting return to their respective hideouts. It is expected that the congress will be held within a few months.
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December - 20 
A squad member of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) surrendered at a court in Jhargram in West Midnapore District on December 20, reports The Hindu. “Subodh Hasda, known in his squad as Cheena, has surrendered at the Jhargram court tod
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A squad member of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) surrendered at a court in Jhargram in West Midnapore District on December 20, reports The Hindu. “Subodh Hasda, known in his squad as Cheena, has surrendered at the Jhargram court today [on Tuesday],” said State Inspector General of Police (Western Range) Gangeshwar Singh. Senior police officials said Hansda is close to Maoist leader Suchitra Mahato and Sachdev, and his surrender is important to the Police. At least eight Maoists who have been active in the Jungle Mahal area have surrendered over the past few months.
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December - 20 
Five Naxals (Left-Wing Extremist), including a couple, were on December 20 sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court for running an illegal manufacturing unit on the fringe of Bhopal city, apparently to supply firearms to their cadres, reports
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Five Naxals (Left-Wing Extremist), including a couple, were on December 20 sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court for running an illegal manufacturing unit on the fringe of Bhopal city, apparently to supply firearms to their cadres, reports The Hindu.
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December - 20 
Security Forces caught red-handed a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Ganesh alias Sanjay, while planting landmines at Ziura village under the Barachatti Police Station in Gaya district on December 20, reports The Time
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Security Forces caught red-handed a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Ganesh alias Sanjay, while planting landmines at Ziura village under the Barachatti Police Station in Gaya district on December 20, reports The Times of India. The Maoist was overpowered and Police found two landmines from his possession.
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December - 20 
The Security Forces (SFs) arrested seven cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), from Booth village in Khunti District on December 20, reports The Times of India.
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The Security Forces (SFs) arrested seven cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), from Booth village in Khunti District on December 20, reports The Times of India. During interrogation, three of them even admitted to their involvement in the murder of businessman Munir Ansari (40), Khunti Superintendent of Police (SP) Venu Tamilvanan said. The other four were not involved in the murder but had gone there to help their cadres escape from the place. All the seven PLFI cadres were trusted lieutenants of Lakhan Pahan, the Police said. The Police recovered four motorcycles, six cartridges, one revolver and a pistol from their possession.
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December - 20 
Two huge arms dumps of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were unearthed by Security Forces in Malkangiri District, close to Andhra Pradesh border, on December 20, reports The Hindu. They were located during a joint operation by personn
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Two huge arms dumps of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were unearthed by Security Forces in Malkangiri District, close to Andhra Pradesh border, on December 20, reports The Hindu. They were located during a joint operation by personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF), Special Operation Group (SOG) and District Voluntary Force (DVF) inside the dense Khalaguda forest, 35 km from Khairaput Police Station. According to Police sources, the Maoists managed to escape. The recovery included 24 gelatine sticks, 103 commercial detonators, two switches of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), one IED box, three steel tiffin carriers used to manufacture IEDs, two wire bundles, batteries of remote control devices, electronic stop watch, various electronic circuits, 20 capacitors, and two large plastic drums. Publicity material of the Maoists, both in Odia and Telugu, was also unearthed. A projector screen was also seized.
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December - 21 
Acting on a tip off, the Police raided a hideout and arrested a self-styled area commander of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Inkesh Yadav, from Hiranman Diara under Mufassil Police Station area in Munger District on Decem
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Acting on a tip off, the Police raided a hideout and arrested a self-styled area commander of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Inkesh Yadav, from Hiranman Diara under Mufassil Police Station area in Munger District on December 21, reports Zee News. Yadav was the 'area commander' of Khagaria, Saharsa, Begusarai and Munger Districts and was wanted in at least 12 cases of murder, mostly related to Maoists violence.
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December - 21 
Central leadership of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has assigned the outfit’s Odisha State Secretary and Central Committee member Sabyasachi Panda for the job of reorganising the Jungle Mahal (West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura Di
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Central leadership of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has assigned the outfit’s Odisha State Secretary and Central Committee member Sabyasachi Panda for the job of reorganising the Jungle Mahal (West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura Districts) Maoists after the killing of Politburo member Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji, reports The Hindu. Decision taken by the Maoist central leadership has already been conveyed to the Jungle Mahal Maoists in a recent meeting held at Gotshila forests in Jharkhand. The meeting was attended by the Maoist state secretary of West Bengal Asim Mandal alias Akash, Kishanji's brother Venugopal, who is working in Jungle Mahal since July this year, and Prasanta Bose alias Kishanda. The meeting, which held on December 5 and 6, was also attended by some key Maoist leaders from West Bengal. Sources monitoring Maoists activities in Jungle Mahal and Jharkhand said that Panda would enjoy enormous freedom in reorganising the Jungle Mahal Maoists and if necessary, he would be able to take independent decision bypassing the West Bengal state secretary Akash. Gotshila is very close to Ayodhaya Hills in Purulia District and the Maoists held meeting there to hoodwink the joint forces which are very active in Jungle Mahal.
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December - 21 
CPI-Maoist cadres and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were engaged in an hour-long encounter at Porahat forest in Bandhgaon in West Singhbhum District on December 21, reports The Telegraph. The gun battle ensued when the Maoists opened
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CPI-Maoist cadres and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were engaged in an hour-long encounter at Porahat forest in Bandhgaon in West Singhbhum District on December 21, reports The Telegraph. The gun battle ensued when the Maoists opened fire on a 300-strong paramilitary unit combing the forest. No CRPF casualty was reported, but it could not be confirmed if any Maoists were killed in the operation. According to West Singhbhum SP Arun Kumar Singh, the anti-insurgency operation had begun from Tuesday morning [December 20].
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December - 21 
DNA reports that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres fired upon an Indian Air Force helicopter which had been sent to help the Police-Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) operation in Dantewada District, official sources said. As per t
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DNA reports that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres fired upon an Indian Air Force helicopter which had been sent to help the Police-Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) operation in Dantewada District, official sources said. As per the official information reaching Raipur on December 21, five troopers who were inside and the pilot were safe, though the helicopter was hit by nine rounds in the incident on December 19. However, the helicopter did not suffer any damage, the sources said. The MI-17 chopper of IAF had been sent to help the police and CRPF forces which had undertaken a large-scale operation against Maoists on December 18. During the operation, nine Maoists were arrested and large cache of weapons was seized, senior Police officers said.
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December - 21 
During the recent observance of the Peoples Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Week, about 5,000 youths and adolescent girls were recruited by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) particularly from Malkangiri District, sources said, reports
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During the recent observance of the Peoples Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Week, about 5,000 youths and adolescent girls were recruited by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) particularly from Malkangiri District, sources said, reports Daily Pioneer. Challenging the joint combing operation of Police, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Special Operation Group (SOG) and paramilitary forces, they were able to hold open meetings for membership drive in the cut-off and remote pockets of the District. They held Prajamelis in around 10 villages, including in several village haats (markets) in Alampaka, Similibanki, Kusuguda and Kurmanur areas along the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border.
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December - 21 
Maoists will organise a fair at Giddha village in Sitamarhi District next week for the second consecutive year in the memory of Mainuddin alias Ravi, a ‘zonal commander’ of the outfit, killed in an encounter with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRP
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Maoists will organise a fair at Giddha village in Sitamarhi District next week for the second consecutive year in the memory of Mainuddin alias Ravi, a ‘zonal commander’ of the outfit, killed in an encounter with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel near Betaura village in East Champaran in 2007, reports The Telegraph. “We are organising the fair on a large scale for the first time. Though it was held for the first time last year, the event was a low-key affair,” said Prakash, who identified himself as a spokesperson of the CPI-Maoist.
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December - 21 
Six Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, identified as Killo Prasad (32), Korra Srikath (27), Vallanti Tellamdora (28), Korra Eswara Rao (20), Korra Nageswara Rao (20) and Matsyalingam (40), were arrested by the Paderu Police in Visak
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Six Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, identified as Killo Prasad (32), Korra Srikath (27), Vallanti Tellamdora (28), Korra Eswara Rao (20), Korra Nageswara Rao (20) and Matsyalingam (40), were arrested by the Paderu Police in Visakhapatnam District on December 21, reports The Times of India. All the arrested Maoists hailed from Thulam village of Bongaram panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) in Pedabayalu mandal (administrative unit) allegedly had links with the outfit and were actively involved in setting ablaze a bus at Bangarumetta and a road roller at Pallabanda, besides being actively involved in arranging meetings and other works for the Maoist party, Paderu Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Damodhar said.
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December - 21 
Suspected Maoists set ablaze equipment used for road construction work at Chitra in Palamu District, reports IBN Live. The Police said a group of Maoists arrived at the road construction site and set ablaze heavy machinery, used in road construction
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Suspected Maoists set ablaze equipment used for road construction work at Chitra in Palamu District, reports IBN Live. The Police said a group of Maoists arrived at the road construction site and set ablaze heavy machinery, used in road construction work, Deputy Superintendent of Police Girish Pandey said. He said the equipment belonged to a contractor’s firm engaged in the work.
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December - 22 
A Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) trooper was killed and another was injured in a gun battle with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Porahat forest under Sonua Police Station area in West Singhbhum District on i
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A Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) trooper was killed and another was injured in a gun battle with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Porahat forest under Sonua Police Station area in West Singhbhum District on in the evening of December 22, reports The Times of India. The deceased trooper, Sukhdev Singh (32), who sustained a bullet injury in his waist, succumbed to his injuries as he could not be airlifted for treatment because of darkness. The counter-insurgency operation, being conducted jointly with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), between Bandu and Pandua villages in the bordering Sonua and Khuti areas of Porahat block in West Singhbhum also left about six Maoists seriously injured in the gun battle, the Police said.
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December - 22 
After huge haul of explosives in Malkangiri District, including 24 gelatin sticks, the security agencies have launched a probe to find out whether the explosives meant for industries are being smuggled to the Left wing extremists [LWEs] in the Distri
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After huge haul of explosives in Malkangiri District, including 24 gelatin sticks, the security agencies have launched a probe to find out whether the explosives meant for industries are being smuggled to the Left wing extremists [LWEs] in the District, reports New Indian Express.
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December - 22 
Armed cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) set ablaze two saw machines at Salaiya village in Gaya District in the night of December 22, reports Zee News. Over 100 Maoists surrounded the machines and set ablaze the two machines c
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Armed cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) set ablaze two saw machines at Salaiya village in Gaya District in the night of December 22, reports Zee News. Over 100 Maoists surrounded the machines and set ablaze the two machines charging the owners with supporting a rival faction, City Superintendent of Police Satyavir Singh said.
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December - 22 
Dhanara village resident Ashok Sinha, accused of collecting levy from contractors and providing medical assistance to Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, was arrested from Chaminia Tola under Shyampur Bhatha Police Station in Sheohar
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Dhanara village resident Ashok Sinha, accused of collecting levy from contractors and providing medical assistance to Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, was arrested from Chaminia Tola under Shyampur Bhatha Police Station in Sheohar District on December 22, reports The Telegraph. Sheohar Superintendent of Police (SP) Natash Gudia said Singh was arrested while he was planning to collect levy on behalf of the Maoists from some contractors.
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December - 22 
Maoists threatened to eliminate the Araria District Magistrate (DM) M Saravanan and SP Shivdeep Waman Lande, if their cadres incarcerated in the Araria jail are not released, reports The Times of India. In separate letters sent by registered post to
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Maoists threatened to eliminate the Araria District Magistrate (DM) M Saravanan and SP Shivdeep Waman Lande, if their cadres incarcerated in the Araria jail are not released, reports The Times of India. In separate letters sent by registered post to the two officials, Maoist ‘area commander’ Krishna Yadav said his organization would trigger bombs on the premises of the DM and SP to kill them.
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December - 22 
The Police arrested two top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, identified as ‘sub-zonal commander’ Jaikaran and his wife Lalita alias Pushpa alias Kusumi from Machi area in Sonbhadra District on December 22, reports The Telegraph. W
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The Police arrested two top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, identified as ‘sub-zonal commander’ Jaikaran and his wife Lalita alias Pushpa alias Kusumi from Machi area in Sonbhadra District on December 22, reports The Telegraph. While Jaikaran had reward money of INR 200, 000 on his head, Lalita had INR 30, 000 on her head. The Police recovered a .32 bore revolver and live cartridges from their procession. Jaikaran was one of the main accused in the attack on Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) camp in Khoradih, Mirzapur in 2002 in which arms were looted. Lalita had also earned notoriety after joining Maoist groups with her brother, Lalvrat alias Kamalji, another top Maoist, still at large.
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December - 23 
A district-level committee in Visakhapatnam on December 23 recommended to the Central Government to provide financial aid of INR 300,000 each to the families of 12 persons killed by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the Distr
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A district-level committee in Visakhapatnam on December 23 recommended to the Central Government to provide financial aid of INR 300,000 each to the families of 12 persons killed by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the District since July 22, 2009, reports The Hindu. Thirteen cases were identified in the District, all from the Visakha Agency and since one of the victims was from Odisha, 12 were found to be eligible for the relief.
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December - 23 
A group of 10 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres shot dead Killo Hari (26), a villager of Nimmalagondi, an interior village in Koyyuru mandal (administrative unit) bordering G.K. Veedhi mandal in Visakhapatnam District on December 23
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A group of 10 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres shot dead Killo Hari (26), a villager of Nimmalagondi, an interior village in Koyyuru mandal (administrative unit) bordering G.K. Veedhi mandal in Visakhapatnam District on December 23, reports The Hindu. The Maoists took away the victim from his house and shot him dead on the village outskirts. They left a pamphlet near the body and pasted posters on a night halt Andhra Pradesh State road Transport Corporation (TAPSRTC) bus which said that the Police were responsible for the deaths of Police informers. Galikonda area committee secretary Krishna is suspected to be behind the killing. Hari was a Maoist sympathiser.
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December - 23 
A young boy was killed by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Palamu District on December 23, reports ANI. The young boy was shot dead by the Maoists while travelling to his grandparent's village with his grandfather in a local
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A young boy was killed by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Palamu District on December 23, reports ANI. The young boy was shot dead by the Maoists while travelling to his grandparent's village with his grandfather in a local bus.
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December - 23 
Amid civil authorities finding it difficult to carryout development initiatives in the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected District of Balaghat, State Police says its own wing could be pressed into service for taking up activities such as construction
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Amid civil authorities finding it difficult to carryout development initiatives in the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected District of Balaghat, State Police says its own wing could be pressed into service for taking up activities such as construction of roads in the disturbed tribal areas, reports The Times of India. "Madhya Pradesh already has a separate wing of 7th battalion, known as Pioneer, which is capable to handle such development initiatives. If the Government entrusts the task to us, this agency can be expanded and deployed for taking up works in the Naxalite affected areas of Balaghat district", Director General of state Police S K Raut told The Times of India.
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December - 23 
Bihar Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) arrested four Maoists during search operations based on intelligence reports to counter Maoist activities in Gaya District, reports ANI. One of the arrested is ‘sub-zonal commander’ Neeru Yadav
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Bihar Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) arrested four Maoists during search operations based on intelligence reports to counter Maoist activities in Gaya District, reports ANI. One of the arrested is ‘sub-zonal commander’ Neeru Yadav who was fairly active in the area. A cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from them. The arrested Maoists are accused of carrying out several attacks on schools, roads and bridges in the region.
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December - 23 
Following assurances of tighter security for trains passing through Maoist affected areas in States like Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal, Indian Railways on December 23 lifted the ban on night travel in two out of three sections, reports The Times
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Following assurances of tighter security for trains passing through Maoist affected areas in States like Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal, Indian Railways on December 23 lifted the ban on night travel in two out of three sections, reports The Times of India. Sources said the two sections where the night ban on movement of trains, imposed May 2010, has been lifted are Kharagpur-Adra and Chakradharpur-Rourkela. However, the ban continues in the Kharagpur-Tata section and is likely to be lifted soon, Railways sources said.
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December - 23 
One Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Pancham Paswan, was killed and a gun was recovered during an encounter with armed Maoists and the Police at a village under Atri Police Station in Gaya District late on December 23
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One Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Pancham Paswan, was killed and a gun was recovered during an encounter with armed Maoists and the Police at a village under Atri Police Station in Gaya District late on December 23, reports Zee News. Acting on secret information that Maoists have assembled at the village, a Police team reached the place, leading to an encounter. One gun and four live cartridges were recovered from the encounter-site, City Superintendent of Police Satyavir Singh said adding the Maoists later managed to flee.
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December - 23 
Patna Police team along with Special Task Force (STF) personnel arrested sub zonal committee member of north region of the CPI-Maoist, Gore Lal alias Shyamdeo Mochi along with his associate Surendra Ravidas from Masaurhi in Patna District on December
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Patna Police team along with Special Task Force (STF) personnel arrested sub zonal committee member of north region of the CPI-Maoist, Gore Lal alias Shyamdeo Mochi along with his associate Surendra Ravidas from Masaurhi in Patna District on December 23, reports The Times of India. Patna Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Alok Kumar said acting on information that some construction agencies in Masaurhi and Bhagwanganj Police Stations areas in the District were getting extortion calls, a Police team led by SP (rural) Manoj Kumar arrested the duo. SSP said while Lal is a native of Firozi village under Pali Police Station in Jehanabad District, Ravidas hails from Dhanauti village under Masaurhi Police Station. Gore Lal was wanted in connection with five cases lodged with Karauna Police outpost, Bhagwanganj, and Masaurhi Police Stations, he added. Kumar said that Lal was also involved in setting ablaze of Nadaul railway station on June 16, 2011. Police recovered Maoist literature, INR 115, 000 in cash, one cell phone, one pistol, four cartridges besides three SIMs from Lal's possession.
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December - 23 
The Odisha Police recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from a forest in Koraput District on December 23, reports Zee News. According to reports, the Police recovered landmines, tiffin bombs, one tonne of gunpowder and approximately 50 litres
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The Odisha Police recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from a forest in Koraput District on December 23, reports Zee News. According to reports, the Police recovered landmines, tiffin bombs, one tonne of gunpowder and approximately 50 litres of liquid explosives and forty walky-talkies belonging to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
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December - 24 
A young woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) squad member, Raimoni Soren (20), was arrested from her village in the Lalgarh Police Station area in West Midnapore District on December 24 for her alleged involvement in Maoist activities,
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A young woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) squad member, Raimoni Soren (20), was arrested from her village in the Lalgarh Police Station area in West Midnapore District on December 24 for her alleged involvement in Maoist activities, reports The Hindu.
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December - 24 
After killing a civilian on December 23 and felling trees and destroying the quarters of Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation (APFDC) in the agency area of Visakhapatnam District on December 24, cadres of the communist Party of India-Maoist
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After killing a civilian on December 23 and felling trees and destroying the quarters of Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation (APFDC) in the agency area of Visakhapatnam District on December 24, cadres of the communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) on December 25 disrupted the shandy (weekly market) at Jerrela where tribals buy essential commodities for their daily needs, reports IBN Live. They destroyed country made liquor (arrack) and black jaggery, and warned people against producing or selling arrack in Chintapalli and GK Veedhi mandals (administrative unit).
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December - 24 
Four persons associated with Maoist activities surrendered at the Berhampore Police Station in Murshidabad District. “The four persons were accused in a case of sedition registered in 2010. They are also close associates of Kambit Sarkar, a key local
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Four persons associated with Maoist activities surrendered at the Berhampore Police Station in Murshidabad District. “The four persons were accused in a case of sedition registered in 2010. They are also close associates of Kambit Sarkar, a key local Maoist leader,” said B.L. Meena, Superintendent of Police.
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December - 24 
Maoists destroyed an Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation (APFDC) quarter at Cherapalli in Chintapalle mandal on December 24. Maoists, during a visit on December 5, had warned the fieldsmen to give up jobs in the coffee plantations of the Fo
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Maoists destroyed an Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation (APFDC) quarter at Cherapalli in Chintapalle mandal on December 24. Maoists, during a visit on December 5, had warned the fieldsmen to give up jobs in the coffee plantations of the Forest Department and leave the village. The latest attack on the quarters followed the warning. Korukonda area committee secretary Narendra reportedly led the attack.
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December - 24 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres opened fire on the Phulbodi Gatta Police Station in Dhanora tehsil in Gadchiroli District in the night of December 24, reports The Times of India. The Maoists also raised slogans against the Pol
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres opened fire on the Phulbodi Gatta Police Station in Dhanora tehsil in Gadchiroli District in the night of December 24, reports The Times of India. The Maoists also raised slogans against the Police and hailed their martyred leader Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji. Superintendent of Police, Gadchiroli, S Veeresh Prabhu said that the Security Forces could not spot any one who could be firing upon the post. "We had fired ammunitions which had the capacity to light up a vast area and also there were illuminations from the post but there was no one in the sight. The firing also did not continue for long. It could be one of those occasions when they were merely making their presence felt," said Prabhu.
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December - 25 
A group of Maoists set ablaze hot mixing plant of a road construction company in Maniari village under Nagar Police Station in Sitamarhi District on December 25, reports IBN Live. The Maoists left behind a hand-written leaflet on the spot before maki
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A group of Maoists set ablaze hot mixing plant of a road construction company in Maniari village under Nagar Police Station in Sitamarhi District on December 25, reports IBN Live. The Maoists left behind a hand-written leaflet on the spot before making good their escape, Nagar Police Station's Officer in-Charge Niranjan Prasad said.
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December - 25 
In an ongoing anti-Naxalite [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] operation, the Chhattisgarh Police attacked a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) camp in Dantewada District and busted an arms manufacturing unit on December 25, reports Daily Bhaskar.
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In an ongoing anti-Naxalite [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] operation, the Chhattisgarh Police attacked a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) camp in Dantewada District and busted an arms manufacturing unit on December 25, reports Daily Bhaskar. The Police also arrested nine top Maoists during the raid.
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December - 25 
Maoists also felled trees at the nearby Jerrela in G.K. Veedhi mandal where heavy bauxite deposits are located, early on December 25 bringing traffic to a halt with a view not to allow people going to the weekly market. They left pamphlets opposing b
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Maoists also felled trees at the nearby Jerrela in G.K. Veedhi mandal where heavy bauxite deposits are located, early on December 25 bringing traffic to a halt with a view not to allow people going to the weekly market. They left pamphlets opposing bauxite mining.
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December - 25 
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) recovered 207 detonators and other explosive materials belonging to CPI-Maoist from Viraj village in Gaya District and detained two suspected Maoists, reports Daily Bhaskar. CRPF commandant Sanjeev Kumar said t
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The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) recovered 207 detonators and other explosive materials belonging to CPI-Maoist from Viraj village in Gaya District and detained two suspected Maoists, reports Daily Bhaskar. CRPF commandant Sanjeev Kumar said the para-military force acting on a tip off raided several houses in the village and recovered 50 m of fuse wire, six batteries, one kilogram explosive powder and Maoist literatures, besides the detonators.
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December - 25 
The Chhattisgarh Police is planning to launch a major operation shortly to seize gun factories run by the Maoists in the State, the Police sources said on December 25, reports Deccan Chronicle. The sources said intelligence has already identified a n
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The Chhattisgarh Police is planning to launch a major operation shortly to seize gun factories run by the Maoists in the State, the Police sources said on December 25, reports Deccan Chronicle. The sources said intelligence has already identified a number of weapons manufacturing units producing various types of firearms ranging from country made pistols to 302 rifles in dense forests of Bastar and Mahasamund Districts. Intel reports said the units, whose number may be no less than 500, are small in size, even run in huts and cottages deep inside forests. The sources disclosed to Deccan Chronicle that existence of such arms making units has been reported in Abujhmad, Kanker, Nagari, Sihaba, Sitanadi, Chura, Gariabandh, Debbhog, Ammamora, Charraunda, Rasela, Komakhana, Naram, Khati, Kasekara, and Tuhulu areas in Bastar and Mahasamund regions. “All the weapon manufacturing units are strategically located in liberated zones of Naxals to help the rebels supply the arms produced in factories to their operation areas smoothly in forest routes without attracting attention of Security Forces,” the Police sources added.
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December - 25 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze valuable equipment engaged in road construction work and assaulted two employees of the contractor before setting them free with a warning at Tehla village in Garwah District on Decem
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze valuable equipment engaged in road construction work and assaulted two employees of the contractor before setting them free with a warning at Tehla village in Garwah District on December 25, reports Zee News. A group of the Maoists arrived at the spot in the wee hours and assaulted two assistants of the contractor’s firm before they poured petroleum product on a JCB machines and set it on fire, the Police sources said.
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December - 26 
A Police Station was inaugurated at Podia in Koraput District on December 26, reports Orissadiary.com. Police were withdrawn from Podia after the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up the outpost in 2009. Border Security Forces
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A Police Station was inaugurated at Podia in Koraput District on December 26, reports Orissadiary.com. Police were withdrawn from Podia after the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up the outpost in 2009. Border Security Forces (BSF) and Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) personnel have also been deployed in Podia with the establishment of the Police Station there.
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December - 26 
Acting on a tip off, SFs raided Karma village of Balarampur in Purulia District and arrested a Maoist squad member identified as Gostho Gope in the afternoon of December 26, Purulia Police said, reports The Times of India. The interrogation revealed
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Acting on a tip off, SFs raided Karma village of Balarampur in Purulia District and arrested a Maoist squad member identified as Gostho Gope in the afternoon of December 26, Purulia Police said, reports The Times of India. The interrogation revealed that the Maoists were planning to eliminate members of anti-Maoist forums at Karma village. In a following raid, the Police arrested three other Maoist squad members on December 27.
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December - 26 
Maoists pasted posters warning villagers to abide by their (Maoist’s) law in Ramgarh District, reports IBNS. According to the villagers, a group of Maoists entered the village and pasted posters on houses and buildings.
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Maoists pasted posters warning villagers to abide by their (Maoist’s) law in Ramgarh District, reports IBNS. According to the villagers, a group of Maoists entered the village and pasted posters on houses and buildings.
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December - 26 
Ramesh Charva (22), a key Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, was arrested by the Rourkela Police in a combing operation in Jhirpani-Toda forest area in Sundargarh District on December 26, reports The Times of India. The Police recove
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Ramesh Charva (22), a key Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, was arrested by the Rourkela Police in a combing operation in Jhirpani-Toda forest area in Sundargarh District on December 26, reports The Times of India. The Police recovered a revolver, five live bullets, INR 78, 500 in cash and a few Maoist leaflets from him. During interrogation, it was revealed that Charva has been an active Maoist cadre since the past three years, mainly in the Odisha-Jharkhand border and has been a close associate of Samarji, 'secretary' of the Bihar-Jharkhand-Orissa regional committee of the CPI-Maoist. "He also confessed that one Gangu Munda, another senior Maoist cadre had handed over the cash to him for use of the Maoist organization, which was seized from him by police," Rourkela Superintendent of Police Himansu Lal said. Ramesh is a native of Tirilposhi in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand.
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December - 26 
Six Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were arrested from a forested area of Awapalli in Bijapur District on December 26, reports The Times of India. Officials at Police headquarters here said that a contingent of District Force (DF)
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Six Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were arrested from a forested area of Awapalli in Bijapur District on December 26, reports The Times of India. Officials at Police headquarters here said that a contingent of District Force (DF) tracked down the six Maoists in a well coordinated operation that ended late in the evening. The arrested Maoists had been involved in several attacks on Police and civilians in the District since June 2005.
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December - 26 
Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a postmaster in Giridih District on December 26, reports IBN Live. Two-motorcycle borne gunmen fired three shots at Lal Bihari Yadav, the post master of Boria Dak Ghar, at Deori kil
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Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a postmaster in Giridih District on December 26, reports IBN Live. Two-motorcycle borne gunmen fired three shots at Lal Bihari Yadav, the post master of Boria Dak Ghar, at Deori killing him on the spot, the Police said.
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December - 26 
The Security Forces (SFs) recovered landmines kept inside a village pond by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Jhargram sub-division in West Midnapore on December 26, reports Indian Express. Police and Central Reserve Police F
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The Security Forces (SFs) recovered landmines kept inside a village pond by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Jhargram sub-division in West Midnapore on December 26, reports Indian Express. Police and Central Reserve Police Force personnel jointly commenced the search operation and recovered eight directional landmines kept inside a pond by Maoists, were noticed by some villagers who had gone to take a bath. "We don't know who kept those things but today afternoon when villagers came here to take bath they found something inside and then police along with paramilitary force came here and seized those things," said Rabindranath Mahato, a villager.
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December - 27 
About 50 armed Maoists blew up a two-storeyed Police Station under-construction in Dantewada District. "Maoists stormed into the building at Geedam town, hardly 10 km from Dantewada town and set high-powered explosives and blew it up," Dantewada Supe
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About 50 armed Maoists blew up a two-storeyed Police Station under-construction in Dantewada District. "Maoists stormed into the building at Geedam town, hardly 10 km from Dantewada town and set high-powered explosives and blew it up," Dantewada Superintendent of Police Ankit Garg said. The two-storeyed structure was almost complete but was not handed over to the police. "It was a massive blast and the building was mostly blown up," Garg said.
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December - 27 
Constant pressure from Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and “frequent humiliation” by Police have driven as many as 40 women of Jhumra villages, including some elderly, to the door of Gomia MLA Madhowlal Singh with the plea to resettle th
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Constant pressure from Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and “frequent humiliation” by Police have driven as many as 40 women of Jhumra villages, including some elderly, to the door of Gomia MLA Madhowlal Singh with the plea to resettle them along with their families elsewhere, reports The Telegraph. The women belonged to the hamlets of Beltharwa, Aman, Suarkatwa and Simrabera — located within a 5sqkm periphery of Jhumra hillocks in Bokaro District.
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December - 27 
Deccan Herald reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a village sarpanch (head of village level local self-Government institution) in the Kutru area in Bijapur District on December 27. The sarpanch was reportedly k
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Deccan Herald reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a village sarpanch (head of village level local self-Government institution) in the Kutru area in Bijapur District on December 27. The sarpanch was reportedly killed on charges being a Police spy.
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December - 27 
In a separate raid the Police arrested Bimal Mahato alias Mithun, a cadre of Maoist-backed People’s Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) from Kalaboni village of Jhargram in West Midnapore District on December 27. The Jhargram Superintendent of
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In a separate raid the Police arrested Bimal Mahato alias Mithun, a cadre of Maoist-backed People’s Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) from Kalaboni village of Jhargram in West Midnapore District on December 27. The Jhargram Superintendent of Police confirmed that Mithun was wanted in several cases which included a case of sedition.
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December - 27 
Maoists abducted a tribal youth from the Kutru area in the Bijapur District.
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Maoists abducted a tribal youth from the Kutru area in the Bijapur District.
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December - 27 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze a pressure roller of a private firm engaged in construction of a road at Parta village under Amba Police Station in Aurangabad District on December 27, reports IBN Live. Over 25 Maois
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze a pressure roller of a private firm engaged in construction of a road at Parta village under Amba Police Station in Aurangabad District on December 27, reports IBN Live. Over 25 Maoists raided the office of Ajay Engineering Company and set ablaze the pressure roller standing there in the evening, the Police said. The owner of the firm was former Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP) MLA Vijay Kumar Singh alias Dabloo Singh.
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December - 27 
Union Rural development Minister Jairam Ramesh has pointed to "operational" shortcomings in the Government's efforts to tackle the decades-old Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) insurgency through developmental work and urged greater politi
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Union Rural development Minister Jairam Ramesh has pointed to "operational" shortcomings in the Government's efforts to tackle the decades-old Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) insurgency through developmental work and urged greater political involvement to deal with it more effectively, reports The Economic Times. The minister made the suggestion in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after touring Left-wing extremism-affected Districts in the country. According to Ramesh, the government's efforts to counter Left-wing extremism with developmental work have been largely ineffective because of "operational" shortcomings such as a 'one-size fits all' approach to affected Districts, absence of critical infrastructure, and inadequate banking and postal facilities. "I think the time has come for a higher level political forum for quick problem solving and more effective co-ordination," the minister said in his letter.
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December - 28 
A day after cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) blasted Geedam Police Station in Dantewada District, Superintendent of Police of the District, Ankit Garg, has been removed and attached with the Police Headquarters (PHQ), report
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A day after cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) blasted Geedam Police Station in Dantewada District, Superintendent of Police of the District, Ankit Garg, has been removed and attached with the Police Headquarters (PHQ), reports The Indian Express. The orders, issued late on December 28 evening, came from the Chief Minister (CM). ASP Rajesh Kukreja has been given the charge till another SP is appointed. “After preliminary enquiry, the Government found that he failed in ensuring the security. Somebody has to be held responsible after such a serious lapse (Geedam blast). The Government decided to change him,” spokesperson of Chhattisgarh Government and Principal Secretary to the CM N Baijendra Kumar told The Indian Express.
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December - 28 
Three persons were arrested with pistols and a country-made rifle meant for the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) from Mohraun village in Rohtas District on December 28, reports IBN Live. "Acting on a tip-off, the Police raided the village
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Three persons were arrested with pistols and a country-made rifle meant for the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) from Mohraun village in Rohtas District on December 28, reports IBN Live. "Acting on a tip-off, the Police raided the village and arrested Rashid Ansari alias Pillu, Mahaboob Ansari and Multan Ansari," Superintendent of Police Manu Maharaj said. Nine pistols and a rifle were recovered from them, he said. Inquiry revealed that the weapons were manufactured at Garhwa District in Jharkhand and were meant for Maoists operating in Rohtas District.
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December - 29 
Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) headed by Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Alok Kumar, stepped up combing operations in the Naxal [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)]-affected areas in Malnad Districts following the killing of Sadashiva Gowda, a bamboo basket
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Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) headed by Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Alok Kumar, stepped up combing operations in the Naxal [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)]-affected areas in Malnad Districts following the killing of Sadashiva Gowda, a bamboo basket weaver, by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in a thick forest in Thondalkatte near Naadpalu, about 70 kilometres from Udupi, reports Daijiworld. A poster beside the body was recovered with a warning, ``right punishment will be given to the Police informers-Maoist.” Karnataka’s Home and Transport Minister R Ashok said the ANF has intensified combing operations in Udupi and other Malnad Districts to arrest Maoists.
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December - 29 
Ignoring boycott call by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) against his visit, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on December 29 undertook Seva Yatra and visited Maoist-infested Amba and Kutubagarh areas in Aurangabad District to inspect the d
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Ignoring boycott call by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) against his visit, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on December 29 undertook Seva Yatra and visited Maoist-infested Amba and Kutubagarh areas in Aurangabad District to inspect the development works being carried out by the authorities, reports Zee News. Ahead of the CM’s visit, the Maoists had pasted posters in schools and government buildings asking the people to boycott his programmes in the District.
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December - 29 
Maoists raided Kanaudi village in Jamui District late in the night of December 29 and killed three villagers, reports Hindustan Times. The victims were identified as Mumtaz Ansari, Fakruddin and Samimul.
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Maoists raided Kanaudi village in Jamui District late in the night of December 29 and killed three villagers, reports Hindustan Times. The victims were identified as Mumtaz Ansari, Fakruddin and Samimul.
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December - 29 
State Home Minister revealed, “Naxalism in Karnataka is on the decline as the State government has aggressively and simultaneously pushed for the combing operations in the Naxal-infested areas. Naxals who come back to mainstream society are also offe
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State Home Minister revealed, “Naxalism in Karnataka is on the decline as the State government has aggressively and simultaneously pushed for the combing operations in the Naxal-infested areas. Naxals who come back to mainstream society are also offered an attractive rehabilitation package. However, it is feared that Naxals on contract from neighbouring Tamil Nadu and Kerala are entering the State to keep the movement alive.”
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December - 29 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a social activist named Pradeep Prasad while he was on his way back home in Latehar District on December 29, reports Newstrack India. The Maoists took full responsibility of the killing a
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a social activist named Pradeep Prasad while he was on his way back home in Latehar District on December 29, reports Newstrack India. The Maoists took full responsibility of the killing as they suspected him of being a Police informer. "We don't have full knowledge about the incident but we have received a letter which is written by Maoists. He used to do farming and was a social activist," said Raju Prasad, a relative of the victim.
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December - 30 
Chhattisgarh Tourism Board (CTB) has earmarked INR 80 million on a publicity blitz to rid the state of the Naxal [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] tag, which affects its tourism prospects. Speaking to reporters in Panaji on December 30, CTB general manager
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Chhattisgarh Tourism Board (CTB) has earmarked INR 80 million on a publicity blitz to rid the state of the Naxal [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] tag, which affects its tourism prospects. Speaking to reporters in Panaji on December 30, CTB general manager P. Sen Bhowmick said that a detailed media plan was being worked out to counter the image of the State which is affected by Naxal violence in several Districts..
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December - 30 
Four tribals, including a postman, were killed by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Bastar District for allegedly refusing to follow the Maoist diktat to blow off a school building being used as a Police outpost, reports IBN
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Four tribals, including a postman, were killed by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Bastar District for allegedly refusing to follow the Maoist diktat to blow off a school building being used as a Police outpost, reports IBN Live. The Maoists abducted the four villagers on the intervening night of December 17 and 18 from Kaknar village and subsequently killed them in a nearby forest, official sources said. Later their bodies were thrown on the outskirts of the village to terrorise locals, the Police said. The victims include Ganesh, the village postman, his uncle Vishwanath, one Chaman and Sukhlal, belonging to Maria Gond Tribe. Sources said the Maoists earlier had asked the four to help to bomb the Ashram school building located in Kaknar village, a portion of which was being used as a Police outpost.
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December - 30 
Six Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres surrendered before Police in Visakhapatnam District on December 30, reports IBN Live. According to the Police, the six Maoists were native of Thulam village in Pedabayalu mandal (administrative
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Six Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres surrendered before Police in Visakhapatnam District on December 30, reports IBN Live. According to the Police, the six Maoists were native of Thulam village in Pedabayalu mandal (administrative unit) of the District. They were helping the outfit by supplying food, medicines and other essentials, the Police said.
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December - 30 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres are holding recruitment drive and training camps at Saranda forest situated along the Jharkhand-Odisha interstate border, the Police said on April 30, reports Indian Express. Lalgarh Maoist lead
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres are holding recruitment drive and training camps at Saranda forest situated along the Jharkhand-Odisha interstate border, the Police said on April 30, reports Indian Express. Lalgarh Maoist leader Bikram Mahato and a host of trained cadres, including women, from Chhattisgarh are attending camps set up by the Maoists inside Saranda forest where training is being imparted in guerilla warfare, arms and handling of explosives, the Police said on April 30. Leader of the Maoist women's wing, Chameli alias Rekha is providing arms training to the women cadre to build its 'Nari Sena' (women warrior). At least three major training camps run by the outfit's Chhota Nagpur zonal committee are in existence at Digha, Balwa and Thalkobad area of Jharkhand and lie between the entry point in Bisra in Sundargarh District and Mancharpur and Kiriburu of Jharkhand. The recruitment drive and the training camps by the Maoists are taking place after a long hiatus and the Police are keeping a close watch on movements of the Maoists, who have lured hundreds of tribal youths and girls belonging to villages on both sides of the inter-State border with promises of financial packages, the Police said. The Karampada route serve as the only supply line for logistics and other provisions, the Police added.
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December - 30 
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given nod for night running of trains on a key railway section in eastern region on December 30, reports IBN Live. Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said that night train services in the Left Wing Extremism (LWE
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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given nod for night running of trains on a key railway section in eastern region on December 30, reports IBN Live. Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said that night train services in the Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected areas of West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha have been resumed on all sections except the Tatanagar-Kharagpur section. "Efforts are underway to resume night services on this section too," he said. Railway authorities had rescheduled the timing of nearly a dozen trains, including Gyneshwari Express, Mumbai-Howrah Mail, Samar Satta Express and Delhi-Puri Purushottam Express, and avoid plying them during night in the Naxal-hit areas.
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December - 31 
in a joint search operation, Security Forces arrested five Maoists from Bhanupratappur in Kanker District on December 31, reports Newstrack India. One of the arrestees is a proclaimed offender-in the Bhanupratappur area and a top Maoist cadre, who wa
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in a joint search operation, Security Forces arrested five Maoists from Bhanupratappur in Kanker District on December 31, reports Newstrack India. One of the arrestees is a proclaimed offender-in the Bhanupratappur area and a top Maoist cadre, who was wanted in a string of criminal cases, said Bhanupratappur Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Tarakeshwar Patel.
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December - 31 
Suresh Yadav alias Nagendra, a Maoist ‘area commander’, was arrested by Banka and Jamui Police near Khasia village under Belhar Police Station in Banka District in the night of December 31, reports The Telegraph. During interrogation he has confessed
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Suresh Yadav alias Nagendra, a Maoist ‘area commander’, was arrested by Banka and Jamui Police near Khasia village under Belhar Police Station in Banka District in the night of December 31, reports The Telegraph. During interrogation he has confessed his involvement in the attack on Bihar Military Police camp at Akbarnagar, demolition of Sangrampur block office and Garua school building and killing several people. More than two dozen cases are pending against him in different Police Stations in the two Districts. The arrested Maoist was the ‘area commander’ of Sangrampur and used to collect levy on behalf of Birbal, the ‘area commander’ of the Jamui-Bhagalpur zone of CPI-Maoist. A 9mm automatic pistol, six live cartridges, a cellphone, INR 5,000 and Maoist literature were recovered from his possession.
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December - 31 
The Jharkhand Government appealed to Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres to make a fresh beginning in the New Year by surrendering to the rule of law, as it responded to feelers from a section of cadres, but did not promise any let-up
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The Jharkhand Government appealed to Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres to make a fresh beginning in the New Year by surrendering to the rule of law, as it responded to feelers from a section of cadres, but did not promise any let-up in ongoing anti-Maoist operations, reports The Telegraph. The Government gave a month’s time to active members of CPI-Maoist to return to the mainstream, through an advertisement in local dailies on December 31. The notice also had on display the rehabilitation package a rebel was entitled if they gave themselves up under the state’s surrender policy approved in February 2009. Explaining the reasons behind the renewed appeal, home secretary J.B. Tubid said the State had received feelers that a large number of Maoists wanted to surrender, particularly in Ranchi and Khunti, but they were being threatened by their leaders. “So, we gave them a month to avail the opportunity and join the mainstream,” he reasoned.
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December - 31 
Year 2011, witnessed a historic low in the level of violence in disturbed areas like Jammu and Kashmir, the North Eastern States and areas affected by the Naxal [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] violence, said P Chidambaram, Union Home Minister, on Decembe
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Year 2011, witnessed a historic low in the level of violence in disturbed areas like Jammu and Kashmir, the North Eastern States and areas affected by the Naxal [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] violence, said P Chidambaram, Union Home Minister, on December 31 at a press conference, reports The Hindu Buissnessline. In areas affected by Naxalism, 447 civilians and 142 security personnel were killed this year against 718 and 285, respectively, in 2010. In Jammu and Kashmir, 31 civilians and 33 security personnel lost their lives this year against 47 and 69, respectively, in 2010. Chidambaram said that the Integrated Action Plan, for the Naxal-infested areas was a major innovation of the Centre. The plan had an outlay of Rs 1,500 crore in 2010-11 and Rs 1,800 crore in 2011-12. However, he was also quick to point that in Naxal hit districts like Gadchiroli in Maharashtra, not enough development has been done by the State Government, “I had reviewed the Gadchiroli situation last month and I'm not happy with the development there,” he said.
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December - 31 
Zee News reports that bullet-riddled bodies of four villagers abducted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres have been recovered from a pond in Behrar village in Banka District, Police said on December 31. The victims - Mansoor Ansar
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Zee News reports that bullet-riddled bodies of four villagers abducted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres have been recovered from a pond in Behrar village in Banka District, Police said on December 31. The victims - Mansoor Ansari, Kallu Ansari, Kashim Ansari and Sahadat Ansari - were abducted from Kanaudi village in Jamui District on December 29.
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*Data till , April 22, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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